Xingqing Prefecture, also known as Irqai, Äriqaya and Egrigaia in Tangut, Secret History of the Mongols and The Travels of Marco Polo respectively,[2] was the capital of Western Xia (Tangut Empire) between the 11th and 13th centuries and its de facto independent precursor Dingnan Jiedushi, in modern Ningxia, China, centering on modern Yinchuan.[3]
| Xingqing Prefecture | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 興慶府 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 兴庆府 | ||||||
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| Zhongxing Prefecture | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中興府 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中兴府 | ||||||
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| Xing Prefecture | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 興州 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 兴州 | ||||||
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After the fall of the Tangut Empire, it was absorbed into imperial China.[4] The Mongol leader and conqueror Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire, died there on 25 August 1227.
Xingqing was its name between 1033 and 1205. Between 1205 and 1288, it was known as Zhongxing Prefecture (Chinese: 中興府; pinyin: Zhōngxīngfǔ; Tangut: 𗤛𗼵𗥑)[5] and between 1020 and 1033 as Xing Prefecture (興州; Xīngzhōu; Tangut: 𗼵𗉔).[6]
The modern urban district Xingqing District in Yinchuan retains its name.
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- ^ 夏征农; 陈至立, eds. (September 2009). "兴庆" [Xingqing]. 辞海：第六版彩图本 [Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color)] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. p. 2558. ISBN 9787532628599. (listed under xīng 兴)
- ^ Pelliot, Paul (1963). Notes on Marco Polo, vol. 2. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, librairie Adrien-Maisonneuve. pp. 641–642.
- ^ Shi, p. 1095.
- ^ Shi, p. 1095.
- ^ Shi, p. 390.
- ^ Shi, p. 1096.
- Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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