The Uyghur people, who have occupied Xinjiang since their expulsion from the Mongol steppes in 840 by the Yenisey Kyrgyz, in around 900 abandon their indigenous religion—a combination of shamanistic and Buddhist traditions—for Sunni Islam.

...Chinese Turkestan (modern Xinjiang Province) and ...

Zuo successfully argues in favor of attempting the reconquest of Chinese Central Asia (now the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang) from other Muslim rebels following his successful campaign in Kashgaria.

Zuo helps finance and supply his troops by building his own arsenal and woolen mill and forcing his troops to grow grain and cotton in their spare time.