A tomb in Urumçi:

A reference list of books in Uyghur and some on other minorities living in China, including some bibliographic descriptions.

Updated 3/23/05

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LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

N. A. Baskakov. Turki tillar. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1986.
[translated from the Russian edition (Moscow, 1960).]

Ghulam Ghopuri. Uyghur shiviliri sözlügi. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1986.

Ghulam Ghopuri, Muhämmät Tursun Ibrahimi, Khoja Äkhmät Yünüs, compilers. Uyghur kilassik ädäbiyatidin qisqiçä sözlük. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1986.
[a Chaghatay to modern Uyghur dictionary, particularly broad in coverage of poetic language. 785 pp.]

Mirsultan Osmanov. Hazirqi zaman Uyghur tili di'alektliri. Urumçi: Shinjang Yashlar - ösmürlär näshriyati, 1989.

Änwär Päyzulla. Inglizçä - Uyghurçä lughät; English-Uighur Dictionary. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1988.

A. Qaydarov, Gh. Sädvaqasov, T. Talipov. Hazirqi zaman Uyghur tili. Birinçi qisim: Leksika vä fonetika. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1983.
[originally published in Almuta, 1963.]

Shinjañ Uyghur Aptonom Rayonluq Millätlär Til - Yeziq Khizmiti Komiteti Tüzgän. Hazirqi zaman Uyghur ädäbiy tiliniñ imla lughiti. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1985.
[orthographical dictionary]

Sinjon, Danyel [St. John, Daniel]. A Uighur-English Dictionary; Uyghurçä - Inglizçä lughät. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1993.

Khämit Tömür. Hazirqi zaman Uyghur tili grammatikisi (morfologiyä). Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1987.

Näsrulla Yolboldi, Muhäbbät Qasim. Juñgodiki Turkiy tillar. Urumçi: Shinjañ Dashö Näshriyati, 1987.

LITERATURE

Sheripidin Omär. Uyghur kilassik ädibiyat tarikhidin oçerik. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1981.
[this book is designated Neibu (internal circulation only), but I was able to get copies at Xinjiang University's textbook distribution office.]

Torsunmuhämmät Sawut. Uyghur ädäbiyati tarikhi materiyallar katalogi. Urumçi: Shinjañ Dashö Därslik Bölümi, 1991.
[Cover includes Shinjañ Dashö Til - Ädäbiyat Fakulteti in place of publisher. 388 page oliograph typescript. Listing 3541 books and articles about Uyghur literary history, organized by period and subject. Also 665 titles of manuscripts held in eight collections in Urumçi. This book was available at the Textbook Office of Xinjiang University. It cannot be mailed from the country because it has no publication registration number.]

Uyghur ädäbiyati tarikhi; aliy mäktäplär üçün därslik. Vols. 1-4. [Urumçi?]: Shinjañ Ma'arip Näshriyati, 1992 - .
[This series came out beginning with volume 4 and working backwards. I was told it was far more comprehensive than existing literary histories. Each volume is 800-900 pages. ]

NON-UYGHUR TOPICS AND LANGUAGES

B. G. Ghaporuv. Tajiklar Tarikhi. Vol. 2. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1988.

Jusup Mamay. Manas; Qirghiz älinin tarikhiy äposu. Birinçi bolüm: 4 - kitäp, 1989. Ikkinçi bolüm: Sämätäy
[part title]: 1 - kitäp, 1984, 2 - kitäp, 1990

Mark Twen. Tom Soyerniñ särgüzäshtiliri. Torsun Sadiq, trans. Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1988.

MANUSCRIPT CATALOGS AND EDITIONS OF LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

Shinjañ Uyghur Aptonom Rayonluq Az Sanliq Millät Qädimki Äsärlirini Toplash, Rätläsh, Näshir Qilishni Pilanlash Rähbärlik Guruppa Ishkhanisi. Uyghur, Özbek, Tatar Qädimki äsärlär tizimliki. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1988.

Yusuf Khas Hajib. Qutadghu bilik. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1985.
[high quality facsimile edition of the Cairo Arabic script manuscript of this work.]

Ädip Äkhmät binni Mäkhmut Yuknäki. Ätäbätulhäqayiq. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1980. Khämit Tomur, Tursun Ayub, eds.

Älishir Navayi. Ghäzällär. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1982.

Äkhmät Hojam Niyaz Oghli Qusuri. Rävzätuz zuhra. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1990.
[edited by Imin Säypulla]

Molla Haji. Boghrakhanlar täzkirisi. Abdurehim Sabit, ed. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1988.
[Prepared from a 19th century manuscript.]

Abdirähim Nizari. Nizari dastanliri. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1985.
[From a manuscript entitled Muhäbbät dastanliri held at the Shinjañ Uyghur Aptonom Rayonluq Tarikhiy Muzäy, which was copied in 1838.]

Muhämmäd Sidiq Zälili. Zälili divani. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1985.
[edited by Imin Tursun from several manuscripts]

Qidirkhan Yärkändi. Divan Qidiri niñ muqäddimisi. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1986.

Gheribi. Bähramgor. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1989.
[edited by Mämitimin Yüsüp from a manuscript copied in 1838.]

Shäripidin Ömär. Uyghurlarda kilassik ädäbiyat. Urumçi: Shinjang Yashlar - ösmürlär näshriyati, 1986.
[Mäs'ul muhärriri: Qurban Barat.]

Uyghur kilassik ädäbiyatidin. Tiyipjan Eliyop, Räkhmitulla Jari, eds. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1980.

EDITIONS OF HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS

Molla Musa Sayrami. Tarikhiy äminiyä. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1991.
[Muhämmät Zunun, ed.]

Qädimqi Uyghurlarniñ tarikhiy dastani Oghuznamä. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1980. Geng Shimin, Tursun Ayup, eds.

Shah Mähmut Joras. Sä'idiyä Khandanliqi tarikhigha da'ir matiriyallar. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1988.
[Translated from Persian by Häbibulla Eli from the edition of Akimushkin (Moscow, 1976), introduction by Qurban Väli. Neibu. ]

STUDIES AND SOURCES FOR HISTORY

Qurban Väli. Bizniñ tarikhiy yeziqlirimiz. Urumçi: Shinjang Yashlar - ösmürlär näshriyati, 1986.
[Mäs'ul muhärriri: Qurban Barat.]

Shinjañ tarikh matiriyalliri. Volume 13, 21. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1984.
[Neibu]

Yüän sulalisi dävridä ötkän mäshhur Uyghur shäkhslär. Abliz Muhämmät Sayrami, Abdurazaq Tokhti, eds. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1991.

Rishat Gänj. Qarakhaniylarniñ dölät täshkilati. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1990. Translated from original Turkish (Istanbul, 1981) edition by Tursun'ay Saqi and Tursun Hoshur.
[this book is designated neibu, but I was able to get copies at a local store.]

Molla Mersalih Kashqäri. Çiñgiznamä. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1985. Haji Nurhaji, ed.
[Edited from a manuscript now held at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, #00679. Matches exactly the manuscript described by Muginov as an anonymous history of Kashghar (his #38).]

Uyghur pälsäpä tarikhighä a'it mäsililär. Islamjan Sherip, Abdukerim Rakhman, eds. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1981.

Molla Musa Sayrami. Tarikhi Hämidi. Änvär Baytur, ed. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1986.
[edited from a 1911 autograph manuscript at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, under the direction of the SUAR Az Sanliq Millätläriniñ Qädimqi Äsärlirini Yighish, Rätläsh, vä Näshr Qilishni Pilanlash Rähbärlik Guruppisi. Pp. 27-711 are the text, 712-775 are notes. This manuscript does not seem to exist in collections outside of Xinjiang, except as a fragment in the Lund collection of Gunnar Jarring.]

Turghun Almas. Uyghurlar. Urumçi: Shinjang Yashlar - ösmürlär näshriyati, 1989.
[mäs'ul tähriri: Ghojakhun Khudavärdi. This 841 page book was banned shortly after it was published because its detailed arguments based on Chinese historical sources show that the Uyghurs have not always been the object of Chinese invasions, but have also been the invaders, and have been independent in the past. The period under study stretches from the time of the Huns to that of the Mongols. Until the publication of this book Turghun Almas was considered one of the foremost Uyghur historians.]

Säypidin Äziz. Ömür Dastani. Vol. 1 = Äslimä 1: Zulum zindanlirida; Vol. 2 = Äslimä 2: Täñritaghda Güldürmama. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1990.

PERFORMING ARTS

12 Muqam Tekistliri (Texts of the Twelve Muqams). Qurban Barat, ed. Urumçi: Shinjang Yashlar - ösmürlär näshriyati, 1986.

Abdushukur Muhammet Imin. 1980. Uyghur khälq kilassik muzikisi "On ikki Muqam" häqqidä (On the Uyghur national classical music, the Twelve Muqams). Beijing: Millätlär näshriyati.

Mähämmät Äziz. Dolan Toqquz Muqami. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1992.

Himit Mehrulla, Lätipä Qurban. Uyghur ussul sän'iti toghrisida. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1991.

"On ikki Muqam" häqqidä. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1992.
[A collection of articles.]

FOLKLORE AND MATERIAL CULTURE

Abdukerim Räkhman. Uyghur folklor häqqidä bayan. Urumçi: Shinjañ Dashö Näshriyati, 1989.

Abduväli Tursun. Khotän gilämçiliki. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1986.

Uyghur khälq tarikhi qoshaqliri. Uçqunjan Omär, ed. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1981.

Uyghur khälq nakhshiliri. Vol. 4, 6. Muhämmät Zunun, ed. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1985, 1986.
[texts with musical notation].

Uyghur khälq çöçäkliri. Vol. 5. Nurmähämmät Zaman, Turghan Shavdun, eds. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1983.

Uyghur khälq qoshaqliri. Vol 3. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1982.

Eli Isma'il. Qumul näzmiliri. Urumçi: Shinjañ Khälq Näshriyati, 1991.
[997 page compilation of Muqam and other song texts from Qumul area.]

Abdukerim Räkhman. Folklor vä yazma ädäbiyat. Qäshqär: Qäshqär Uyghur Näshriyati, 1988.

Molla Ismätulla binni Molla Nemätulla Mojiz. Tävarikhi musiqiyyun. Änvär Baytur, Khämit Tomur, eds. Beijing: Millätlär Näshriyati, 1982.
[facsimile, transcription, translation into modern Uyghur, and commentary on a 39 page manuscript written in 1854, now held by the Nationalities Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.]

Ürümçi Saybagh Rayon khälq çöçäkliri; Juñgo khälq çöçäkliri Shinjañ tomi; 1 - qisim. [Urumçi?]: Shinjañ Pän - täkhnika näshriyati, 1991.
[this is designated for internal distribution only, and has no standard Chinese book number that would allow it to be sent abroad.]

Ürümçi Saybagh Rayon maqal - tämsilliri; Juñgo khälq maqal - tämsilliri Shinjañ tomi. [Urumçi?]: Shinjañ Pän - täkhnika näshriyati, 1990.
[this is designated for internal distribution only, and has no standard Chinese book number that would allow it to be sent abroad.]

Ürümçi Saybagh Rayon qoshaqliri; Juñgo khälq qoshaqliri Shinjañ tomi. [Urumçi?]: Shinjañ Pän - täkhnika näshriyati, 1991.
[this is designated for internal distribution only, and has no standard Chinese book number that would allow it to be sent abroad.]

CHINESE LANGUAGE VOLUMES

Chen Yanqi, Sa Suo. Xiyu yanjiu shumu. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1990.
[classified bibliography of 6734 Chinese, West European, Russian and Japanese books on Central Asia and Xinjiang (the so-called Western Regions).]

Liu Ge, Huang Chengyang. Xiyu shidi lunwen cailiao suoyin. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1988.
[classified bibliography of 8032 articles in Chinese about history, minorities, economy, culture, geography and archeology of the Western Regions.]

Xinjiang wenshi cailiao xuanji. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe. Vol. 11, 14, 17, 18.
[these are neibu collections of historical articles, apparently Chinese translations of the Uyghur language series Shinjañ tarikh materiyalliri published at roughly the same time by this press, although numbered differently.]

Lidai Xiyu shichao. [poetic documents of the Western Regions through history]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe. 1982.

Wan Tongshu. Weiwuerzu yueqi [Uyghur musical instruments]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1986.

Chen Songkun, Bai Cuiqin. Xi Menggu shi yanjiu [research on the history of the Western Mongols]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1986.

Su Beihai. Hasakezu wenhua shi. Urumqi: Xinjiang daxue chubanshe, 1989.

Xibozu jian shi. [Brief history of the Xibo (Sibe) nationality]. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 1986.

Kezilesu Keerkezi zizhizhou gaikuang [Qizilsu Qirghiz autonomous prefecture general description]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1985.

Keerkesizu shehui lishi diaocha [investigations of Qirghiz social history]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1987.

Keerkesizu fengsu xiguan [Qirghiz customs and traditions]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1986.

Weiwuerzu shehui lishi diaocha [investigations of Uyghur social history]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1984.

Xinjiang Weiwuer jianzhu zhuangshi [Xinjiang Uyghur architectural decoration]. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1985.
[12 pages of text followed by 342 black and white photos of architectural elements.]

Xinjiang Weiwuer minjian huamao tu'anji; A collection of the Xinjiang Uighur Folk cap designs. Urumqi: Xinjiang renmin chubanshe, 1983.
[brief Chinese and English texts and 149 pages of colored illustrations.]

Gaoshanzu yuyan jianzhi (Ameisi yu) [brief record of the Gaoshan nationality's language (Ameisi language)]. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 1986.

Hani yu jianzhi. [brief record of the Hani language]. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 1986.

Nuzu yuyan jianzhi (Nusu Yu). [brief record of the Nu nationality's language (Nusu language)]. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 1986.

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