Kara-Khoja Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Kingdom | ||||||||||||
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Capital | Gaochang, Beshbalik | |||||||||||
Languages | , Indo-Iranian and later Old Uyghur language | |||||||||||
Religion | Church of the East ("Nestorianism"), Manichaeism,Buddhism | |||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||
• | Established | 843 | ||||||||||
• | Disestablished | 1209/late 13th to mid 14th century | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Qocho, (Chinese: 高昌回鶻; pinyin: Gāochāng Húihú; literally: "Qocho Uyghurs", Mongolian ᠦᠶᠭᠦᠷ Uihur "id.") also called the Idiqut state ("Holy Wealth, Glory"), was a -Uyghur state created in 843 by Uyghur refugees fleeing from the destruction of the Uyghur Khaganate after having been driven out by the Yenisei Kirghiz. They made their summer capital in Qocho (modern Gaochang, also called Qara-Khoja, near modern Turpan) and winter capital in Beshbalik (modern Jimsar County, also previously known as Ting Prefecture). Its population is referred to as the "Xizhou Uyghurs" after the old Tang Chinese name for Gaochang, the Qocho Uyghurs after their capital, the Kucha Uyghurs after another city they controlled, or the Arslan (lion) Uyghurs after their king's title.