Region: China · Coordinates: 39.741, 98.503 · 10 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 99 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | General Ershi Li Guangli sortied from Jiuquan with 30,000 cavalry, fought the Right Worthy King at Tianshan and beheaded over 10,000. |
| AD 406 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Juqu Mengxun attacked Jiuquan and reached Anzhen. |
| AD 420 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Hexi King Juqu Mengxun greatly defeated the Yang Gong Li Xin at Huicheng, killed him at Liaoquan; Mengxun entered Jiuquan. |
| AD 440 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Juqu Wuhui takes Jiuquan from Northern Wei (March). |
| AD 441 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Xi Juan pacified Jiuquan and took four thousand men, including Juqu Tianzhou. |
| AD 441 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Northern Wei's Xi Juan takes Jiuquan; more than 10,000 people inside the city starve to death (April). |
| AD 1271 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | After a ten-day journey on a road without habitations, one reaches the province of Sukchur. |
| AD 1524 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Turpan invaded and besieged Suzhou; the Minister of War Jin Xianmin served as Zongzhi. |
| AD 1695 | Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) | Five hundred Hui men of Galdan broke into the border at the Sancha River; the Suzhou commander Pan Yulong captured them all and held them in Suzhou. |
| AD 1873 | Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) | In the second month Jin Shun's army reached Suzhou and attacked the Hui, defeating them. |