Editing Turpan (section)

==== Idikut kingdom ====
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[[File:Pranidhi_Scene,_Replica,_Turpan,_10th-12th_Century.jpg|thumb|left|[[Pranidhi]] scene, Turpan, 10th–12th century.]]

The Uyghurs established a Kingdom in the Turpan region with its capital in [[Gaochang]] or Kara-Khoja. The kingdom was known as the Uyghuria Idikut state or [[Kara-Khoja Kingdom]] that lasted from 856 to 1389&nbsp;AD. The Uyghurs were [[Manichaean]] but later converted to [[Buddhism]] and funded the construction of cave temples in the [[Bezeklik Caves]]. The Uyghurs formed an alliance with the rulers of [[Dunhuang]]. The Uyghur state later became a vassal state of the [[Kara-Khitans]] and then as a vassal of the [[Mongol Empire]]. This Kingdom was led by the Idikuts or Saint Spiritual Rulers. The last Idikut left Turpan area in 1284 for [[Hami|Kumul]] and then [[Gansu]] to seek protection of the [[Yuan dynasty]], but local Uyghur Buddhist rulers still held power until the invasion by the [[Moghulistan|Moghul]] [[Khizr Khoja]] in 1389.