Meanings
- A town in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
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.
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, archived from the original on 18 May 20202 more examples
“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.
2015 March 16, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Chinese Police Shoot Four Uyghurs Dead After Casino Knife Attack”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2015Recently, 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.
2022 [2012 December 13], Ilham Tohti, “We Uyghurs Have No Say (2012)”, in We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks, Verso, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 135–136Synonyms: Xiamalebage
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
Origin
- Uyghurشامالباغ
- EnglishShamalbagh
Borrowed from Uyghur شامالباغ (shamalbagh).
More words from Uyghur
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Chinese Mandarin 夏馬勒巴格 /夏马勒巴格
- 夏馬勒巴格 /夏马勒巴格 (Xiàmǎlèbāgé)town
Cite this entry
Shamalbagh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shamalbagh
“Shamalbagh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shamalbagh. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shamalbagh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shamalbagh.
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