Shamalbagh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur شامالباغ (shamalbagh).

Proper noun

Shamalbagh

1. A town in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, formerly a township.
   • 2015 March 16, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Chinese Police Shoot Four Uyghurs Dead After Casino Knife Attack”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[1], archived from the original on April 7, 2015:

     “The group tried to attack people inside casino, but they failed to enter because the security guards immediately closed the door, so the group attacked bystanders in front of the establishment,” said a police officer from Kashgar’s Shamalbagh police station, which has jurisdiction over the area.

   • 2020 March 27, “An article with the smell of delicious food: the following food streets and night markets in Xinjiang are open!”, in Cheng Li, editor, Tianshannet‎^[2], archived from the original on May 18, 2020:

     Shamalbagh Town Food Street resumes business too! At noon on March 23, diners enjoy food in the food street and start a happy new week.

   • 2022 [2012 December 13], Ilham Tohti, “We Uyghurs Have No Say (2012)”, in We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks‎^[3], Verso, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 135–136:

     Recently, I've come across cases of Uyghurs who have come to Beijing to petition because they didn't receive reasonable compensation when their houses were torn down. For example, several dozen households only received 350 yuan per square meter when they were evicted in Shamalbagh, Kashgar.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Xiamalebage

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏馬勒巴格／夏马勒巴格 (Xiàmǎlèbāgé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: شامالباغ (shamalbagh)