Tang During the
Battle of Aksu (717), the
Umayyad Caliphate and their
Turgesh and
Tibetan Empire allies hope to seize Uqturpan (then known as Dai-dʑiᴇk-dʑiᴇŋ) from
Tang-
Karluks-
Exiled Western Turkic Khaganate allies but were repelled.
Qing Ush Turfan was the site of a battle between Barhanuddin and Abdulla during the
Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas. Six years after the
Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas, ten years after the
Qing's rescue of the Khoja Brothers from Dzungars, an anti-Qing uprising of the local Turkic (later "
Uyghur") people took place in Uqturpan. Legend says that a local rebel leader was married to Iparhan, known as the "
Fragrant Concubine" a descendant of
Apaq Khoja. During the turmoil, many fled, and the thousands who remained were killed by Sino-Manchu forces. Later, the area was repopulated by migrants from what is now Southern
Xinjiang. The
Ush rebellion in 1765 by Uyghurs against the
Manchus occurred after Uyghur women were gang raped by the servants and son of Manchu official Su-cheng. It was said that ''Ush Muslims had long wanted to sleep on [Sucheng and son's] hides and eat their flesh.'' because of the rape of Uyghur Muslim women for months by the Manchu official Sucheng and his son. The Manchu Emperor ordered that the Uyghur rebel town be massacred, the Qing forces enslaved all the Uyghur children and women and slaughtered the Uyghur men. Manchu soldiers and Manchu officials regularly having sex with or raping Uyghur women caused massive hatred and anger by Uyghur Muslims to Manchu rule.
21st century In 2012,
Aqyar Township (Aheya) was made a town. In a 2012 article from
Radio Free Asia, it was reported that according to family sources and local authorities, Islam Urayim, then 32, a native of Uqturpan County who had been deported to China on December 19, 2009, despite
seeking asylum in Cambodia, had been sentenced to life in prison. It was unclear when Urayim was sentenced or on what charges he was convicted. On April 3, 2015, Imam Township (Yimamu) was made a town. On October 27, 2019, at 1:29 PM, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County. No casualties were reported. ==Geography==