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relations and followers, to tlie Pamirs, 1 while several others of the Khoja 
family—descendants of Afaq—fell into the hands of Chao Huei and were 
sent to Peking. 
The intention of Burhanu-d-Din and his brother was to find an asylum 
in Badakhshan, or perhaps Balkh, but they were closely pursued by a 
party under Fout£, whose despatch to the Emperor, giving an account of 
his proceedings, is cited, in translation, by Amiot. 2 It is no doubt suffi¬ 
ciently exaggerated, and is certainly vague in its geographical details ; 
but it has a curious interest. It may be summarised thus :—“ I came up 
with the rebels near Alichur and beat them. On the 1st September 1759, 
they had arrived at Poulo Kol [Bulun Kul] where I obtained some inform¬ 
ation from a Pourouth [a Kirghiz] regarding their whereabouts. He 
told me they had already crossed the mountain (pass) but had still an¬ 
other very high pass to cross before reaching Badakhshan. ‘ This moun¬ 
tain,’ said he, ‘ is between two lakes. The one on this side is called Bulun 
Kul, and that on the other side, Isil-Kol [Yeshil Kul]. 
From the top of this mountain you will be able to see Badakhshan and 
perhaps, also, the army of your enemy, for he cannot be very far oif.’ On 
this information I set out, and about the middle of the day, after having 
passed round the shore of the lake, I received information that the enemy 
was at the top of the pass, where it would not be easy to attack him. 
In the evening we met with the rebels who fired upon us : we burst upon 
them, and, though night set in, we continued the fight, until at last the 
Khojas, fearing that they might fall into our hands, fled in the direction 
of Badakhshan with all who were able to follow them. I did not count the 
dead, but was assured that the Great Khoja [Burhanu-d-Din] 3 was of 
the number. As soon as I saw that the rebels no longer defended them¬ 
selves, I put an end to the carnage. Their soldiers had, almost all, either 
been killed fighting or had followed their Chiefs, w r hile we captured all 
that remained. The number of prisoners is over 12,000, and we found on 
the field of battle cannons, muskets, sabres, arrows, etc., to the number 
of 10,000, as well as over 10,000 oxen, asses and other animals, not count¬ 
ing the horses which were few, seeing that the fugitives had mounted the 
rest in order to hasten their flight.” 
1 Gueluy’s authors (p. 114) speak of a retreat to Kh otan, whence, after a final defeat, 
they are said to have fled westward, but this is not in accordance with other accounts, and 
would, moreover, be improbable. 
3 See pp. 393-394. 
s Burhanu-d-Din was, 1 believe, not the Khoja known to the Musulmans as Great 
Khoja.” or Khoja kalan. u Great,” here, probably means the “elder” of the two who 
were being pursued. 
