The Uyghur people, who have occupied Xinjiang…

900 CE

The Uyghur people, who have occupied Xinjiang since their expulsion from the Mongol steppes in 840 by the Yenisey Kyrgyz, in around 900 abandon their indigenous religion—a combination of shamanistic and Buddhist traditions—for Sunni Islam.

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Urumchi > Wulumuqi > Ürümqi Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (Sinkiang) China View →

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Polytheism (“paganism”) View → Buddhism View → Yenisei Kyrgyz View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Uyghur people View →

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