Kirghiz

Kazakhs make up 8 percent of the population, and the rest are Hui, Kirghiz and Mongols, among others.

Xinjiang is also home to other ethnic groups such as the Kazakh and Kirghiz.

I must say that I was astonished to see how well the Kirghiz horses stood the long journeys.

Everything in that place was dear and gracious to my eyes; the sun shining in the infinite blue of heaven, the distant song of the Kirghiz that came from the opposite bank.

Some of the regiments were composed of Kirghiz; and one, at least, of Mongolians pure and simple.