Meaning of Urumtsi | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated form of Ürümqi.

alt-of, dated

Examples

“Although several officers in the service of Yakoob Beg⟳ happened to be in the city, and several of the leading Tungani resided there, the defence was not prolonged, and after a few days Urumtsi surrendered to the Chinese. Many of the inhabitants had fled to the neighbouring city of Manas, but the garrison was massacred by order⟳ of the Chinese generals.”

“From Manas to Urumtsi we began to strike⟳ more tillage and fertility. Maize, wheat, and rice were growing, but rather low and thin.”

“The garrisons vary⟳ in nominal number⟳, from the 3,000 at Urumtsi to a few score⟳ at such places as Toksu, Koria, and the frontier post⟳ of Tashkurgan towards the Pamirs. In actual numbers they vary⟳ still more. At Kiria the Amban himself informed me that the garrison consisted of one liang of infantry, 500 men, and some ma-ping, cavalry.”

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