The first ruler of a state named for this people rose to power with the help of the Karluks and Basmyls in a rebellion against the GÃ¶ktÃ¼rks, and that state gained many able bureaucrats from the Arab conquest of (*) Sogdiana.
A poem written by this people against the rule of a warlord from Andijan defames his government for fleeing "like pigs in the forest" in the face of a powerful enemy and for its interest in virgins and dancing boys. Under the leadership of men like Khoja Emin, this people worked as local intermediaries in the genocide of their former rulers in the 1750's. The first ruler of a state named for this people rose to power with the help of the Karluks and Basmyls in a rebellion against the GÃ¶ktÃ¼rks, and that state gained many able bureaucrats from the Arab conquest of (*) Sogdiana. The Tajik soldier Yakub Beg founded the short-lived Kingdom of Kashgaria in the 19th century, which was mostly populated by this people, and their complicity in the Qing genocide of the Dzungars made them the dominant people in the Tarim Basin. For 10 points, identify this Turkic people who primarily live in Xinjiang.
A poem written by this people against the rule of a warlord from Andijan defames his government for fleeing "like pigs in the forest" in the face of a powerful enemy and for its interest in virgins and dancing boys.
Uyghurs