Altyn Mosque
The tombs of the rulers of the Yarkant Khanate (Chinese叶尔羌 汗国 王陵, Pinyin Yarkant Hanguo wangling, English Yarkant King Mausoleum ), also tombs of the kings of Yarkand or Golden cemetery or Altun - cemetery are the graves of the rulers of the Yarkant - khanate in the 16th and 17th centuries. You are in the large village Yarkant (莎车 镇, zhen Shache ), the main town of the district Yarkant (莎车 县, Shache ), Kashgar (Kashi ), which fall within the period of China's Ming Dynasty. They are located between the old and new city walls and located opposite the prayer hall of the Altun Mosque. The earliest grave of Said Khan, the founder of the Yarkant Khanate, dates from the year 1533.
Besides Sultan Said are buried here (some names in Pinyin letters and italics): Abdullah Abdurashid Khan, Abdullah Karim Khan, Muhammad Khan, Ahmed Khan, Abdullah Litifu and their descendants as well as the Muqam ( Mukam ) champion, poet and musician Aman Isa Khan (1526-1560, wife of the second ruler Abdurashid Khan.
The Yarkant Khanate was established in Yarkant ( Shache ) 1514 by the Chagatai descendants Said Khan and practiced during this time control over the Tarim Basin south of the Tianshan Mountains from. 1678 won Apak Hoja ( Apak Khoja ) from the Khoja Khanate under the suzerainty of the Manchu dynasty control over the Tarim Basin.
The rulers of the graves Yarkant Khanate ( Yarkant Hanguo wangling ) are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 6-295 ) since 2006.