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HISTORY OF THE KHOJAS OF EASTERN TURKISTAN. 
To get rid of tlie rivalry of tlie other faction—the adherents of the 
Makhdum-zadas—Afaq sent for their disciples, and having ascertained 
that the spiritual Chiefs held land, viz., at Faizabad near Kashghar, 
Tokuzkent 18 near Yarqand, Ak-Sarai near Bhutan, and Ak-yar near 
Aksu—he caused a part of the rent of these lands to be applied to the 
service of the Altun Mazar at Yarqand (the shrine of Khwaja Shadi) and 
gave the rest of it to the disciples to send to their masters, in exile in 
Kashmir, with an invitation to them to return. They did return, but their 
hearts were heavy. When they reached the Tiznaf river, Shu‘aib said to 
his brother :—“ Every step I take, my feet turn back. Let not our line 
be cut short; do thou return and I will go on.” Danyal returned towards 
Kashmir, but a party of fanatical devotees of Hazrat Afaq came out, 
without orders, slew Shu‘aib and, putting his body into a bag, threw it 
into the river Tiznaf. 
The news of this deed did not reach Hazrat Afaq for some time, 
when one of the disciples of the Makhdum-zadas came and reproached the 
saint with it. Afaq struck his hand on his knee with anger and said 
“ Oh ye butchers of disciples of mine. Ye have done this deed against my 
soul as well as against your own. This reproach will lie against us till 
the day of judgment.” He then went himself and recovered the body, 
brought it back and buried it in the shrine of Altum. But Hazrat Danyal 
retired, in safety, to Dahbid near Samarqand, where the tomb of Makh- 
dum-i-A‘zam was. After a dream in which his ancestor foretold the future 
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greatness of his line and consoled him saying :—“ Every grief lies between 
two joys,” he went to Khojand. Here he married, and a son, Ya‘qiib, 
was born to him. His religious instructor gave him the title of “ Khwaja 
Jahan,” saying : “ He will become a Jahangir [ conqueror ] and raise 
again to dignity the line of the Khwaja.” 19 
translated by Professor Senkowski. Among other ambassadors who arrived at the court 
of Subhan Quly, Khan of Bukhara, in the year 1102 H. or 1693, was one “sent by 
Muhammad Amin, Kh an of Kash gh ar. His mission was to represent to the Kh an that 
the infidel Kirghiz, having taken possession of the country, Muhammad Amin had 
placed himself under the protection of Subhan Quly, had said the Khutba and struck 
the coin in his name and implored his assistance.” The result of the mission is not 
recorded. (Supplement a Y Histoire des Turks, etc., 1824, p, 57.) 
18 Toquz kent means ‘‘nine villages.” Mr. Shaw names them as follows:— 
Pialma, Guma, Zangoya, Chodar, Sanju, Boria, Dawa, Koshtak and Ui-Tughrak. They 
all lie to the south and south-east of Yarkand. 
19 Here Mr. Shaw notes :—“ Another account says that Afaq inveigled the young 
Makhdum-Zadas away from Kashmir and slew one of them—Ai- Kh waja ( i.e., Shu*aib) 
at Sanju and murdered many hundreds of their adherents. Afterwards he himself 
went and increased the pile of fuel in hell, while his wife, surnamed the “ Butcher 
Queen” (Jallad Khanam),carried on his bloody policy. The devotees (Diwana) became 
