Category:East Turkestan

East Turkestan also known as Eastern Turkistan, Uyghurstan, Uyghuristan is a political term with multiple meanings depending on context and usage. Historically, the term was invented by Russian Turkologists like Nikita Bichurin in the 19th century to replace the term Chinese Turkestan, which referred to the Tarim Basin in the southwestern part of Xinjiang province of the Qing dynasty. The medieval Persian toponym "Turkestan" and its derivatives were not used by the local population of the greater region, and China had its own name for an overlapping area since the Han Dynasty as Xiyu, with the parts controlled by China termed Xinjiang from the 18th century onward. The historical Uyghur name for the Tarim Basin is Altishahr, which means "six cities" in Uyghur.

In Uyghur
مۇھەررىردىن: بۇ ماقالە مەرھۇم يولباشچىمىز مۇھەممەد ئەمىن بۇغرانىڭ 1963 ـ يىلى 4 - ئاينىڭ 13 ـ كۈنى تۈرك ئوچاقلىرىدا تۈرك ئالىملىرى ئالدىدا سۆزلەپ ئۆتكەن ئىلمىي لىكسىيىسى بولۇپ، شۇ يىلقى شېپىگىراپ باسمىسىغا ئاساسەن نەشىرگە تەييارلاندى. ماقالىدىكى سان ـ سىفىرلار بۇنىڭدىن 37 يىل بۇرۇنقى سان ـ سىفىرلار دىن ئىبارەت بولسىمۇ، ماقالە بۈگۈنمۇ يۇقىرى ئىلمىي قىممەتكە ئىگە.

In Chinese
東突厥斯坦也被稱為東突厥斯坦，維吾爾坦，維吾爾斯坦是一個政治術語，具有多重含義，取決於上下文和用法. 從歷史上看，這個詞是19世紀俄羅斯科學家如尼基塔比丘林發明的，用來代替中國土耳其斯坦這個詞，它指的是清代新疆西南部的塔里木盆地. 中世紀的波斯地名“土耳其斯坦”及其衍生物並未被大區當地居民所使用，自漢代以來，中國有一個重疊地區的名稱為西域，中國控制的部分被稱為新疆從十八號 世紀之前. 塔里木盆地的維吾爾歷史名稱是阿爾塔沙赫，意思是維吾爾族的“六個城市”.