The map of the Pan-Islamic World, drawn by Dr Muhammad Iqbal, an Islamic philosopher and poet — whom Pakistan owns as its national poet and visionary of its existence — categorically included ...

Back in July, Stefan Geens of Ogle Earth had a chance to visit Kashgar, a city in west China.It’s a place he’s wanted to visit for a long time, but had to hurry to see it; the government is in ...

Located in the southwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Kashgar sits on a lush oasis nourished by the Yarkant River, which flows from the Karakoram Mountains.Since ancient times, traders ...

View A General Map Comprizing China, Chinese-Tartary Tibet drawn from the Paricular Maps of the Jesuits together with the countries between Kashgar and the Caspian Sea laid down according to the ...

2 A man receives a shave from a street barber. - Kashgar's old city has survived the centuries, and remains an important Islamic cultural center for the Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic group living in ...

The ancient Silk Road trading hub of Kashgar, in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is being threatened by an ambitious government redevelopment plan that some say has a hidden ...