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HISTORY OF THE FTIOJAS OF EASTERN TURKISTAN. 
The Kongtdji appointed a day when the Musulmans attended, dressed 
in their turbans, etc., and the principal Qalmaqs in their own costume. 
The suppositions father had warned his child against the “ tnrbaned race,” 
telling him not to go near them, lest they should eat him, and instruct¬ 
ing him to come and sit on his (the Qalmaq’s) lap. When the two 
parties were drawn up and the child set in their midst, the Kongtdji 
said :—“ Oh child ! Which of these two dost thou recognise as thy father ?” 
The boy turned his face towards his Qalmaq father, but when he got close 
to him, he uttered a sudden cry and ran and fell unconscious into the 
arms of his real father Danyal. The whole assembly was affected at the 
sight, and the Kongtdji, weeping, said :—“ Oh Khwaja ! The child is 
yours of right. I give you also the rule over four cities.” Thus saying, 
he dismissed him to his government. Danyal gave thanks to God, and 
leaving his elder son Khwaja Jahan (Ya‘qub) at the court of the Kongtdji, 
set out for Yarqand. He clothed his newly found child as a Musulman 
and gave a feast with much rejoicing, bestowing on the child the name of 
Yusuf Khwaja. 
On arriving at Yarqand, Danyal was accepted, with joy, as ruler of 
that city and province and also of Kashghar, Aksu and Khutan. as had 
been ordered by the Kongtdji of the Qalmaqs. The yearly sum of 
100,000 tangas 27 agreed upon by Hazrat Afaq, as tribute to the Qal¬ 
maqs, continued to be paid by Danyal, and thus seven years elapsed. 
The Kongtdji had a daughter whom he was about to marry to the son 
of the Chief of the Turgut tribe of Qalmaqs. All the Governors of the 
seven cities (of Eastern Turkistan) with Khwaja Danyal at their head, 
were bidden to the wedding, and went. He demanded from them, as a 
wedding contribution, Indian valuables, such as pearls, jewels, etc.; but 
they had none suitable. The Kongtdji became angry and threatened them 
with death. They all fell at the feet of Khwaja Danyal and implored his 
assistance; they also held a solemn night of prayer, in the course of which 
news was brought that the Kongtdji was dead, and that his son Galdan 
Jirin 28 had become the chief. On enquiring, they found that one of the 
old Kongtdji’s wives, for the sake of raising her own son to the throne, had 
poisoned her husband. The people sought to take Galdan Jirin’s life, 
but he heard of the plot, and taking counsel with other chiefs, slew his step¬ 
mother and her son. God turned his infidel heart, so that he allowed all the 
captive Musulmans to return to their homes. Danyal was also sent home 
and was confirmed in the government of the four cities. He had to 
tion. 
27 Muhammad Sadiq speaks of this sum as one tanga per head of the popula- 
28 That is Galdan Chiring . He succeeded in 1727. 
