Mission and Revolution in Central Asia - Svenska Missionskyrkan
Mission and Revolution in Central Asia - Svenska Missionskyrkan
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Kashgar Geographical name. A famous <strong>and</strong> ancient city <strong>in</strong> south-western<br />
X<strong>in</strong>jiang. It is about 1500 km from the prov<strong>in</strong>cial capital city of<br />
Urumchi <strong>in</strong> the north. It has another name <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese “Kashi”.<br />
Khotan Geographical name. An ancient city <strong>in</strong> south X<strong>in</strong>jiang, which<br />
is located at the southern rim of the Takla-Makan desert. They<br />
produce the well-known Khotan jade, Khotan silk, <strong>and</strong> Khotan<br />
Rugs. It is called “Hetian” <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese.<br />
Kuldja Geographical name. A city <strong>in</strong> north-western X<strong>in</strong>jiang <strong>and</strong><br />
border<strong>in</strong>g with Kazakistan on the west side. It is located <strong>in</strong> the Ili<br />
Valley. It is spelt <strong>in</strong> different ways, such as Gulja/Ghuldja/<br />
Kuldja. In Ch<strong>in</strong>ese called “Y<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”. It is situated 690 km from<br />
Urumchi on the east side.<br />
Kutja Geographical name. It was also spelt Kucha or Kutcha. It is<br />
located on the northern rim of the Tarim Bas<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> north-eastern<br />
side of Aksu city. Historically, it was a Buddhism centre. In<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>ese it is called “Kuche”.<br />
MCCS <strong>Mission</strong> Covenant Church of Sweden<br />
/<strong>Mission</strong>/ Board (the) Short for the <strong>Mission</strong> Board of the MCCS<br />
<strong>Mission</strong> Conference (the) Short for the mission conference of the MCCS<br />
<strong>Mission</strong> Director Director of the MCCS<br />
<strong>Mission</strong> Secretary <strong>Mission</strong> Secretary of the MCCS<br />
Mullah Literary mean<strong>in</strong>g is “Mister, Knowledgeable man or teacher”,<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ary this word referred to a religious leader at the Mosque or<br />
teacher at the Madrasa<br />
S<strong>in</strong>kiang See “Eastern Tukestan”, today: X<strong>in</strong>jiang<br />
Swedish <strong>Mission</strong> (the) The mission work established by missionaries from the <strong>Mission</strong><br />
Covenant Church of Sweden<br />
Tungans Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Muslim or Ch<strong>in</strong>ese converts to Islam. From 1949, Ch<strong>in</strong>ese<br />
Government recognized them as an ethnic group, <strong>and</strong> called them<br />
“Huizu”. Now their number is estimated around more than ten<br />
millions, liv<strong>in</strong>g throughout Ch<strong>in</strong>a.<br />
Turfan Geographical name. A famous city <strong>in</strong> the eastern part of X<strong>in</strong>jiang,<br />
located <strong>in</strong> the Turfan bas<strong>in</strong>, it was under 155 m from the sea-level.<br />
Turfan was located near Urumchi <strong>and</strong> is only 180 km from<br />
Urumchi. It was a capital city of the ancient Uighur<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gdom <strong>and</strong> a famous centre of the Buddhism culture <strong>in</strong> the<br />
History. It called “Tulufan” <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese.<br />
Turk Term used by the missionaries for the <strong>in</strong>habitants of East<br />
Turkestan. But Turk <strong>and</strong> Turkic, these terms actually have a<br />
very wide mean<strong>in</strong>g. It <strong>in</strong>cludes all of the Turkic speak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
peoples such as Turkey Turks, Uzbeks, Azerbaijanis, Kazaks,<br />
Kirghizs, Uighurs, Tatars <strong>and</strong> others. So this terms has a wide <strong>and</strong><br />
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