Artush

Artush lies northeast of Kashgar, where the foothills of the Tian Shan meet the oasis country of the western Tarim Basin. In the tenth century it was described as a populous settlement of the Yaghma Turks. Nearby stands the shrine of Satuq Bughra Khan, the Karakhanid ruler remembered for embracing Islam and helping establish it among the Turkic peoples of the region. His tomb became a place of pilgrimage, linking the oasis to the sacred history of Kashgar.