The name Turfan appears to be modern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

Most went to Turfan (Qocho), Beshbaliq, and Kucha.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

Ouighurs, the district around the modern Turfan or Tangut.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms] Reference

In it was a picture of three sculptures Aurel Stein excavated near Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sphinxes] Reference

Oh, and the Turfan Depression, China's lowest spot, evidently may also qualify.    From Wordnik.com.  [One of the mumble mumble furnaces...] Reference

The Tibetans kept the Gansu Corridor and Dunhuang, as well as Turfan and Beshbaliq.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Early Period of Buddhism and Bon in Tibet ��� 2 From Emperor Tri Songdetsen to the Eleventh-Century Revival of Buddhism] Reference

As successors to the Ruanruan, the Eastern Turks ruled the Tocharian oasis of Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 8 The Religious Conversions of the Eastern Turks] Reference

Sogdian merchants, however, were found in all the oasis city-states, primarily Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs] Reference

The Qocho Uighur Kingdom (866 - 1209) at first included the area between Turfan and Beshbaliq.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

This was the period when not only Mongolia and Turfan, but also the entire Tarim Basin had been conquered by Tang China.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs] Reference

Along the northern rim of the desert, the Tocharian people brought Buddhism to Kucha and Turfan in the second century CE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in East Turkistan] Reference

In 670, he conquered Khotan itself and took control of the rest of the oasis states of the Tarim Basin other than Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 5 Tibet on the Eve of the Arrival of the First Muslim Teacher] Reference

Tang China had only a weak presence in Turfan, Beshbaliq, and along the northern branch of the route in Kucha and Kashgar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs] Reference

In others, local Han Chinese took initial control but did not establish a strong rule, for instance Turfan, starting in 851.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

"Manichäische und buddhistische Berichtformeln aus Turfan," Zeitschrift für Religions - und Geistesgeschichte, vol. 29, no.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� Bibliography] Reference

In 670 C.E., he conquered Khotan itself and took control of the rest of the oasis states of the Tarim Basin other than Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Early Period of Buddhism and Bon in Tibet ��� 1 From Emperor Songtsen-gampo up to Emperor Tri Songdetsen] Reference

Last fall I searched Flickr with Turfan as my search term – part of the nosing round I did getting ready for my Sphinx post.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturday AM cleanup] Reference

From Subeshi in the Turfan Basin, to the southeast of Turfan a woman's mummy was recovered dating to the mid 1st millennium BCE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Its use was limited to the secular sphere, originally business, and was found not only in Turfan, but also all along the Silk Route.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 8 The Religious Conversions of the Eastern Turks] Reference

Many were invited to Mongolia from their community in Turfan and were instrumental in translating Buddhist texts into the Old Turk language.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

The Uighurs had maintained a small presence in Turfan since at least the fourth century CE and had ruled it briefly between 605 and the 630s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

Kucha was also disputed by the Qarluqs from Kashgar and the Tibetans from Turfan, and it is unclear who was actually governing it at this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

In the 630s, Tang China took Turfan from the Uighurs, but the latter still helped the Han Chinese put an end to the First Eastern Turk Dynasty shortly thereafter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

Before the conversion of the Orkhon Uighur nobility to Manichaeism, the Uighurs had previously adopted Buddhism when they had ruled Turfan during the early seventh century.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs] Reference

Setting out from their stronghold in Turfan and crossing East Turkistan north of the Tianshan Mountains, they took Kucha and Kashgar from the Turgish, attacking from the rear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

Turfan show that it had an old and close connection with the west.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

Blue-eyed, red-haired and red-bearded people are frequently portrayed on the walls of Turfan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

The Chinese allied themselves with the latter, defeated the northern Turks and occupied Turfan (640).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

Tibet as the dominant power in Turfan and the northern Tarim basin does not appear to have extended to Khotan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

In that year the Kirghiz sacked Turfan and it is interesting to note that the Chinese who had hitherto tolerated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

Turfan is an oasis containing the ruins of several cities and possibly different sites were used as the capital at different periods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference

Kashgar in the west: Kucha, Karashahr, Turfan (Idiqutshähri, Chotscho) and Hami lying successively to the north-east: Yarkand, Khotan and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference