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... Sinkiang ) , he favoured the Buddhist minority and persecuted Islām , the majority religion . This situation made it ... Sinkiang ) and most of Mavrannakhar between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya ; the third son , Ögödei ( Ogadai ) ...
... Sinkiang ) , he favoured the Buddhist minority and persecuted Islām , the majority religion . This situation made it ... Sinkiang ) and most of Mavrannakhar between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya ; the third son , Ögödei ( Ogadai ) ...
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... Sinkiang and began to penetrate Tibet . This advance meant that in the regions where the Imperial power and economic ascendancy of China under the Ming dynasty ( 1368- 1644 ) were weakest , the Oyrat drew on new resources . Both the ...
... Sinkiang and began to penetrate Tibet . This advance meant that in the regions where the Imperial power and economic ascendancy of China under the Ming dynasty ( 1368- 1644 ) were weakest , the Oyrat drew on new resources . Both the ...
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... Sinkiang as garrisons ; numbers of the Oyrat group were included in the western part of Khalkha geographically but not within the tribal organi- zation ; some ended their migrations in Ala Shan , at the western end of Inner Mongolia ...
... Sinkiang as garrisons ; numbers of the Oyrat group were included in the western part of Khalkha geographically but not within the tribal organi- zation ; some ended their migrations in Ala Shan , at the western end of Inner Mongolia ...
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