Yugur

After Yuanhao completed the Tangut conquest of the Yellow Yugurs in 1034, Yugur and Uighur cultural influence on the Tanguts began to grow.

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The Yellow Yugur Buddhist monasteries contin­ued to flourish under Tangut rule.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 17 Tangut, Tibet, and Northern Song China in the Eleventh Century 2006

Thus, in 982, with the establishment of his dynasty, the Tangut emperor, Jiqian, had immediately launched a war of expansion to take the Yellow Yugur and Tsongka territories, and cut off all access of the Northern Song to the Central Asian lands to the west.

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Therefore, since Buddhism was so well-established and stable in East Turkistan and Gansu, among not only the Sogdians, but the other Central Asian peoples in the region as well, and since many Uighurs were already familiar with it, particularly those already living in these areas, Buddhism was the logical choice of religion for the Qocho Uighur and Yellow Yugur princes.

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Learned Yugur and Uighur monks traveled throughout the Tangut terri­tories and faith in Bud­dhism dramatically rose among the common people.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 17 Tangut, Tibet, and Northern Song China in the Eleventh Century 2006

The Yellow Yugur territory, under Khitan suzerainty since the 930s, extended southeastward from there and contained the Gansu Corridor through which the Silk Route continued.

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The Han Chinese pilgrim, Wang Yande (Wang Yen-te), visited the Yellow Yugur capital in 982, the year the Tangut Empire was founded, and reported more than fifty monasteries.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan 2006

The Yellow Yugur Kingdom (866 - 1028) occupied the Gansu Corridor.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs 2006

The Han Chinese pilgrim, Wang Yande (Wade-Giles: Wang Yen-te), visited the Yellow Yugur capital in 982 C.E., the year the Tangut Empire was founded, and reported more than fifty monasteries.

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With the passage of time, they gradually developed into a new ethnic group, the Yugur.

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