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Altishahr
Altishahr (, ) is a historical name for the Tarim Basin region used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term means 'Six Cities' in Turkic languages, referring to oasis towns along the rim of the Tarim, including Kashgar, in what is now southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
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- Chinese.uig
- ئالتە شەھەر
- Chinese.uly
- Alte Sheher
- Chinese.usy
- Алтә-шәһәр
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Altishahr (, ) is a historical name for the Tarim Basin region used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term means 'Six Cities' in Turkic languages, referring to oasis towns along the rim of the Tarim, including Kashgar, in what is now southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
== Etymology == The name Altishahr is derived from the Turkic word Alti ('Six') and Persian word shahr ('city'). The Altishahr term was used by Turkic-speaking inhabitants of the Tarim Basin in the 18th and 19th century, and adopted by some Western sources in the 19th century.