Abakh Hoja Tomb

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A lovely trip out of the city to the Abakh Hoja tomb. The Muslims here are Sunji Muslims and it was Abakh Hoja who started the Sunji sect. They are fairly liberal with their ideas and some even drink alcohol. The site of his, and his families, tomb is one of the most holy sites to the Uyghers. His granddaughter Ikparhan is also buried here. She lead a Uygher revolt aganst the Chinese. She was eventually defeated and became a concubine of Emperor Qianglong. Her name in Chinese is Xiang Fei, The Fragrant Concubine

The tomb itself is decorated in beautiful tiles but as you can see in the photos the tomb and other buildings were undergoing some reconstruction.

We took the bus to get there and you have to walk about 500 metres through a village which has been near enough demolished. This appears to be going on quite a lot to the old adobe Uygher houses. Even the old town in Kashgar will become a tourist old town eventually very much like Lijiang.



Enjoy the photos



Jah Bless

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