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through the city I saw the principal niadrasas and 
mosques. The largest was the Kok-niadrasa (the Blue 
College) ; its pishtak or arched facade was decorated 
with blue and green tiles, which however were not to 
be compared to the simplest specimens of the same 
kind of ornamentation in Bokhara. Its courtyard con- 
tained the tombs of several saints — e.g. Makhtum Assam, 
Shah Abbas Khojam, Khoja Danyar, Khoja Khutbuddin 
Khojam, Khoja Aberdullah Khojam, Khoja Burhan-ed- 
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din Khojam, and several others. The remaining madrasas 
were still smaller, and possessed not one trace of archi- 
tectural interest — the Ak (the White), Yeshil (the Green), 
Khalik, Kasim Akhun, and Bedawlet madrasas. The last 
mentioned, which was built by Yakub Beg, boasted of 
thirty-six columns {stUuti) and a verandah {ayvait). 
The Nevrus-dung (New Year’s Hill) on the north-east 
of Yarkand offered a bird’s-eye view of the city. The hil 
was crowned by a minaret, consisting of nothing more than 
a roof supported on two or three wooden pillars , from it is 
