Maralbeshi

English

Etymology

From Uyghur مارالبېشى (maralbëshi).

Proper noun

Maralbeshi

1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 2006, Geng Shimin, On the Uighur Version of "Altun Yaruq" (Academic Symposium), NLC, page 2:

     法国政府也派出了以伯希和（P. Pelliot）为首的考古队去塔里木盆地。他们主要是在巴楚（Maralbeshi）和库车工作。

   • 2019, Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino, “Old ‘counter-revolution’, new ‘terrorism’: historicizing the framing of violence in Xinjiang by the Chinese state”, in Central Asian Survey‎^[1], volume 38, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35:

     As with the Baren incident, there are official and alternative accounts of the events reported in Seriqbuya Town, Maralbeshi (Ch. Bachu) County, Kashgar Prefecture, on 23 April 23 2013.

   • 2023 May 24, Shohret Hoshur, “Uyghur motorcycle repairman’s corpse released by prison in Kashgar prefecture”, in Roseanne Gerin, Malcom Foster, editors, Radio Free Asia‎^[2], archived from the original on 01 February 2024, RFA Uyghur‎^[3]:

     Prison authorities transferred the prisoners’ bodies to police stations in various Maralbeshi townships, including Seriqbuya, about one week prior to Eid, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, said a source in Maralbeshi.

Alternative forms

• Barchuq, Maralbeshi, Maralbashi

Synonyms

• (in China): Maralbeshi, Barchuq, Bachu, مارالبېشى (maralbëshi)