Meaning of Tse-p'u | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“5. Su-fu to Ho-tien Mostly motor highway. Post road between So-ch'e to Yeh-erh-ch'iang and between Yeh-erh-ch'iang and Tse-p'u. Daily day and night deliveries on foot; mounted carrier or horse-cart delivery once a day. Also mounted carrier or horse-cart delivery once every 2 days between Su-fu and Su-lo.”

“Upon emerging from the Kunlun gorges, the Yarkand loses the characteristics of a raging mountain torrent and spreads out in many branches over an alluvial fan to irrigate the Yarkand oasis. The oasis, one of the largest in Sinkiang, contains the towns of Yarkand (So-ch’e) and Tse-p’u (Posgam). Upon leaving the Yarkand oasis, the river flows north past Mai-kai-t'i (Merket-Bazar) and then northeast around the eastern margins of the Takla Makan desert. South of the Aksu oasis it joins the Kashgar, Aksu and Khotan rivers to form the Tarim.”

“Posgām (in Arabic letters written Būskām) is a large town to the southeast of Yārkand, situated on the trade route coming from Karġalik (today: Yeh-ch‘eng) at a distance of 21 miles from Karġalik. Posgām is the modern Tse-p‘u.”

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