 It was during Qing times that Uyghurs were settled throughout all of Xinjiang, from their original home cities in the western Tarim Basin.An anti-Russian uproar broke out when Russian customs officials, three Cossacks and a Russian courier invited local Turki Muslim prostitutes to a party in January 1902 in Kashgar.This caused a massive brawl between the inflamed local Turki Muslim populace against the Russians on the pretense of protecting Muslim women because of swelling anti-Russian sentiment.