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who took refuge in Kokand. I also accompanied the fugitives, 

 and on my arrival at Kokand a Sayad of Peshaur by name Mian 

 Khalil procured me freedom by paying to my master Tuzak the 

 amount which he had paid for me. 



After I was set at liberty I stopped in Kokand for 10 months, 

 during which time I sent three petitions to the king intimating 

 that Mr. Schlagintweit had been murdered, and praying that jus- 

 tice might be done to him. But the king of Kokand, without 

 giving me any reply, tore up all my petitions. "When I was in 

 Kokand, it was the season of winter and consequently I never 

 went out to see the country. 



I met Mohammad Amin of Yarkand at Kokand who advised me 

 to return to India, and said that he would again apply to the King 

 of Kokand for justice in the case of Mr. Schlagintweit. 



Meanwhile the King of Bokhara prepared to make an inroad on 

 Kokand, upon which, fearing bad consequences from a longer stay 

 at Kokand I went to Bokhara. 



On my departure from Kokand, Mohammad Amin gave me a 

 Persian letter for delivery to Colonel Edwardes in Peshaur, which 

 I now present. 



From Bokhara I came to Balkh, from Balkh to Kabul, and from 

 Kabul to Peshaur. 



10. Letter from Mohammad Amin of Yarkand, to Colonel Ed- 

 wardes, dated Kokand, 29th July, 1858. 



I went to Sultanpur, then to Lahol and over a Pass reached 

 B-upchu. 



Here two roads diverge, one leading to Leh, and the other to 

 Chusel. My master asked me to direct the way to Aksae Chin, 

 we consequently proceeded thither and passed through Changchen - 

 mo and having crossed a high ridge, [this is the Karakorum chain] 

 we came up to the road leading to Aksae Chin*. We arrived at a 

 place, whereabout 2 forts were situated. The one was said to have 

 belonged to Sikander and was situated on the flanks of the Yu« 



* It is very characteristic of Mohammad Amin to see, how little ho 

 complains, compared with Abdul, about the difficulties of the road. 



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