Meanings
alternative Barchuq · alternative Maralbashi
- A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
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。
2006, Geng Shimin, On the Uighur Version of "Altun Yaruq" (Academic Symposium), NLC, page 23 more examples
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.
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, volume 38, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35Prison 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.
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, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, RFA UyghurThe Wanhe Garment Co. Ltd. in Maralbeshi county has a secret agreement with the nearby Yarkant 2nd Vocational High School under which female students aged 16 to 18 are sent to work at the factory against their will, according to four sources, including a village chief and the factory’s security chief, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely.
2023 July 15, Shohret Hoshur, Mary Zhao, “Facing abuse, teenage Uyghur girls are forced to work in a Xinjiang garment factory”, in Uyghur Service, transl., edited by Roseanne Gerin and Malcolm Foster, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Origin
- Uyghurمارالبېشى
- EnglishMaralbeshi
From Uyghur مارالبېشى (maralbëshi).
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Maralbeshi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maralbeshi
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