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Are these the last Iranian Indo-European survivors in Xinjiang who didn't become Turkified/Intermixed by Uyghurs invasions and conquest ?
History
Tashkurgan Town became the capital of the Sarikol kingdom (色勒库尔), a kingdom of the Pamir Mountains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkurgan_Town#History
Their kingdom dates back at least 2000 years ago or even 200 BC while the Uyghurs only started migrating around 842 AD
They are known as the Sarikol Pamiri
Geography
Sarikol people only in China
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