Saghan

Proper noun

Saghan

1. A town in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
   • As a rule, those coming from Atush, Kashgar city, and surrounding areas first stopped to pray at the Häzriti Begim Mazar in Yengisar's Saghan village before continuing on the Ordam (Fig. 3).2016, Kashgar Revisited: Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 238
   • Yusupjan, a security worker in Yengisar county’s Saghan village, said his sister’s friend may have been terrified and made up the story in order to save herself from further questioning.2017 September 19, Shohret Hoshur, Richard Finney, “Uyghur Woman Handed 10-Year Prison Term Over Headscarf Claim”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2017