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HISTORY OF THE KHOJAS OF EASTERN TTJRKISTAN. 
■whether, if the power were really divided at the time in question, the divi¬ 
sion was brought about by external foes or by internal dissension. 
What the sources of information on these points are, it will not 
occupy many lines to explain, for they are the merest fragments. In the 
first place there is the short passage in the Haft IqUm of Amin Ahmad 
Razi, 1 where a list of the thirteen sons of Abdu-r Rashid is given, 
with some scanty indications of what had become of them down to the 
year when Ahmad Razi wrote— viz., 1593. Secondly, there is the remnant 
of the narrative of the Portuguese missionary, Benedict Goez, 2 who passed 
through Eastern Turkistan on his way from Lahore to China, via Badakh- 
shan and Wakhan, and only a portion of whose journal was rescued, after 
his death at Suchau, in Western China, in 1607. His sojourn in the 
country fell in the years 1603 to 1605, and though he mentions only the 
name of one Khan—Muhammad—whose seat was at Kashghar, he points 
incidentally to others possessing some sort of power in other provinces, 
but does not name them. Thirdly, Dr. Bellew mentions, on the authority 
of a book called the Tarlkh-i-Khandn C a ghat did « 3 that this Muhammad 
Khan and Abdu-l-Karim “ succeeded to a divided Government in turn 
while during the reign of the former, and about the year 1572, the 
Kir gh iz invaded the country. It is then added that this invasion led to 
the dismemberment of the kingdom by rival representatives of the Mo gh ul 
family ; but, as remarked above, it is not clear whether this was effected 
by the Kir gh iz, or whether it was due to dissensions between the Khans. 
Fourthly, Dr. Bellew cites some passages from another book—the Tazkira- 
i-Hidayat of Mir Khalu-d-Din, Yarqandi 4 which he was, apparently, able 
to examine at Kash gh ar in 1873-74. But the extracts he furnishes afford 
no dates bearing on the generation of Khans immediately succeeding 
Abdu-r-Rashld, though it is somewhat more explicit in information con¬ 
cerning the next two generations, as will be seen below. Fifthly, among 
Mr. Shaw’s fragmentary papers, are to be found some notes of certain 
Yarlyghs 5 or title-deeds (sanads) which he procured at Kashghar or 
Yarqand, and which afford unmistakable proof of certain Khans being in 
power at certain periods. These documents consist of grants of land, 
titles or privileges, and most of them bear the date of issue. From them 
are obtained glimpses of Muhammad Khan reigning in 996-H. (or 1587) 
1 See Quatremere Notices et Fxtraits, XIV, pp. 474, seq. Ahmad Razi calls Abdu-l- 
Karim the brother of Rashid, but it is obvious, from the contest, that “son” is meant. 
2 See Yule’s Cathay and the way thither , volume II. 
8 Report of Sir D. Forsyth’s Mission to Yarqand , etc., page 174. He notes, how¬ 
ever, that he had not himself seen the book. 
4 Report of Mission to Yarkand, etc., pages 175 to 178. This book would appear 
to be history or biography of the Khoja Hazrat Afaq, whose name was Hidayatu-llah, 
5 Yarlygh ou ^xhb Yarlyq, ordre royal, chiffre qui le surmonte. (Pavet de 
Courteille.) [ Ed.] 
