CHINESE TURKESTAN, IRANIAN ELEMENTS IN

i. Geographical overview

ii. In pre-Islamic times

iii. From the advent of Islam to the Mongols

iv. In the Mongol period

v. Under the Khojas

vi. Iranian groups in Sinkiang since the 1750s

vii. Manicheism in Chinese Turkestan and China

viii. Turkish-Iranian language contacts

(EIr, Victor Mair and Prods Oktor Skjærvø)

Originally Published: December 15, 1991

Last Updated: October 17, 2011

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Vol. V, Fasc. 5, pp. 460-484