 The modern Uyghurs are now a mixed hybrid of East Eurasian and West Eurasian.James A. Millward described the original Uyghurs as physically Mongoloid, giving as an example the images in Bezeklik at temple 9 of the Uyghur patrons, until they began to mix with the Tarim Basin's eastern Iranian inhabitants.Studies show that modern Uyghurs descend from both Turkic Uyghurs and the pre-Turkic Tocharians (Yuezhi), and that relatively fair hair and eyes (i.e.