Chini-Bagh was the Kashgar, Xinjiang residence of George Macartney, Britain's consul-general and his wife, Lady Catherine Macartney, for 28 years.[1] Over the years, Chini-Bagh saw a variety of Central Asian explorers, including Aurel Stein, Father Hendricks, Albert von Le Coq, Sven Hedin, A.R.B. Shuttleworth and two of Count Otani's Central Asian archaeologists/spies, Eizaburo Nomura and Zuicho Tachibana.[2]

The phrase "Chini-Bagh" means Chinese Garden in the Uyghur language. Although the house still stands, its famed gardens were later destroyed to make room for the Chini Bagh hotel.

References

  1. ↑ "Residence of British consul in Chini-Bagh".
  2. ↑ Hopkirk, Peter (1980). Foreign Devils on the Silk Road. ISBN 0-87023-435-8.

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