Sarikol

Sarikol was a mountain region of the Pamirs centered on the stone fortress of Tashkurgan, once the seat of the kingdom known to Chinese writers as Puli. In 1337 the region lay within the Mongol successor realms.

From the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, the region passed through the Mongol Empire, the Chagatai and Eastern Chagatai khanates, the Yarkent Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate, before its conquest by the Qing. The Yuan-era fortress and the ruins of a nearby fire temple marked the old royal center.