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The majority of the Kyrgyz in Xinjiang liveLhasa Toursin an 'autonomous prefecture' to the north and west of Kashgar, closed to visitors except those passing through on their way to or from the Torugart Pass. The men can occasionally be identified from amongst the other Turki peoples because, like in Kyrgyzstan itself, they wear the ak-kalpak, a tasselled white felt hat. Traditionally the Kyrgyz were pale-skinned, green-eyed and red haired and, despite a thorough mixing with Mongols Tibet Guideand the other Turki groups, some still have this stunning combination. On the Chinese side of the border they still use Arabic script. Xinjiang also has about 5000 Tartars, mostly in the north including some in Urumqi, and about 15,000 Uzbeks in the same areas and in Kashgar and Kuqa. The MongolsThe Mongol tribes that united under Genghis China including Xinjiang by 1215, although Khan in 1206 had conquered part of northern it was left to Genghis's grandson Khubilai to complete the job. Hangzhou ToursThe last Yuan emperor, who had taken the Great Wall of China travelthrone while still a child, fled to Mongolia from where he made abortive attempts to retake China. The empires of some of the lesser khans survived longer, and after the fall the Yuan dynasty the oasis towns of the Western Beijing Land TourRegions had a brief period of independence under the moreinward.Beijing 3 Day Tour looking Ming dynasty. They were ruled by Turkicized and Islamicized Mongols, and the original Indo-European stock became mixed with Turki and Mongol blood, and thoroughly