 In 1638, at the age of 12, he came with his father to Kashgar and settled there.Yarkent Khanate ruler Abdullah Khan (1638–1669) granted his father Bashkerim village and many inhabitants of Kashgar Region became disciples of the Ishkiyya Sufi order, a branch of the Nakshbandi Khojas founded by Muhammad Yusuf Khoja's father Khoja Kalan and whose followers were known as Ak Taghliks or .Among some Uyghur Muslims, Khoja Appak was considered a sayyid or descendant of Muhammad.