Amannisa Khan, sometimes called Amanni Shahan (1526–1560), is credited with collecting and thereby preserving the Twelve Muqam. Russian scholar Pantusov writes that the Uyghurs manufactured their own musical instruments, they had 62 different kinds of musical instruments, and in every Uyghur home there used to be an instrument called a "duttar".
Amannisa Khan, sometimes called Amanni Shahan (1526–1560), is credited with collecti,ng and thereby preserving the Twelve Muqam. Russian scholar Pantusov writes that the Uyghurs manufactured their own musical instruments they had 62 different kinds of musical instruments, and in every Uyghur home there used to be an instrument called a "duttar".