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himself did not enter the town but his chief guide Mohammad 

 Amm* did so and left it again either before or during the siege, 

 under what relations with his own master or with the insurgent 

 Turks was not known to informant. 



As the siege continued and the Chinese were shut up in their 

 citadel, they obliged the inhabitants of the place to take part in the 

 fighting among others a lot of foreign merchants including about 

 forty-five (45) of the Bisseris of whom fifteen (15) only returned, 

 informant Nurpur being one of them ; the rest were either killed 

 or made prisoners by the Turks. 



After the siege was raised, informant heard that Adolphe Schla- 

 gintweit had joined the camp of the Turks, and been at first well 

 received by them ; on their retreat towards Kokand, he accompa- 

 nied them as far as Kashgar. As the hordes of Turks were car- 

 rying off with them a lot of their prisoners to be kept or sold for 

 slaves (according to their custom) some of the Bisserisf being 

 among the number, Adolphe Schlagintweit tried to assist them, 

 remonstrated that they were British subjects and should be releas- 

 ed. On this arose a dispute ; the Turks accused Adolphe Schla- 

 gintweit of taking part with their enemies and ended by killing 

 him. 



Mani also said that Nurpur had certificates from the Chinese au- 

 thorities of Yarkand, testifying his services in the siege, and pro- 

 mising him some reward at a future opportunity. 



The above account of the Bisseri Nurpur was confirmed by 

 'Omar an ' Argon j of Ladak who had received letters from his 

 friends at Yarkand to the same effect. 



II. Information received from G. Knox, Esq., Assistant Com- 

 missioner of Kulu. 



5. Verbal Statement of Kattah Ali Shah from Yarkand. 

 Nagger in Kulu, 28th September 1858. 



Last year in the month of Sevan (July 1857) viz. 14 months ago, 



* According to the more probable information by Abdul communicat- 

 ed later, it was not Mohammad Amm, but Murad, who entered the 

 city to get information. 



t In whose country we had been much travelling about. 



% Argon is the name of the mixed races of Yarkandis and Ladakis. 



