Beiting

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Beiting
(archaeological site)
Uyghur princesses, 9. – 12.  Century, mural

Uyghur princesses, 9. – 12. Century, mural

meaning City in the Uyghur Kaganat and Kingdom of Qocho
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founding 8th century
Heyday 8th - 14th century
Given up from 14th century
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Location: 831700 Jimsar
Xinjiang , People's Republic of China
Location: 44 ° 5 '52 "  N , 89 ° 12' 0"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 5 '52 "  N , 89 ° 12' 0"  E
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Beiting or Beshbaliq ( Chinese  北 庭 故城 遗址 , Pinyin Běitíng gùchéng yízhǐ , also Beshbalik or Tíngzhōu) is an old ruined city that goes back to the time of the Han dynasty .

The site has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-217) since 1988 and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site titled Silk Roads: the Road Network of the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor since 2014 .

location

Beiting located northeast of Urumqi and north of Turpan , in the district of Jimsar of Autonomous Prefecture Changji Hui in the central north of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China .

The ruined city is located in the north of the large municipality of Jimsar.

history

In 702, the Chinese Tang Dynasty established the "Beiting Protectorate" here, which was conquered by the Tibetans in 790 . In the early 9th century, the Tibetans ruled the city.

The Uighurs ruled Beshbalik from the 790s to 821.

From 856 further Uyghurs came who migrated to the west after the fall of their Kaganat and from 866 took over the rule in the region.

Beshbaliq was an important city in the Uighur Kaganat and the kingdom of Qocho .

In the Mongol Empire it was temporarily the seat of one of the five parts of the empire.

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  1. ^ Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed February 7, 2019 .
  2. Presentation on studyBuddhism, accessed on June 29, 2020
  3. J. Paul: Zentralasien, p. 137
  4. Maybe even the capital?