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HISTORY OF THE EIIOJAS OF EASTERN TURKISTAN. 
life. His sons, the same night, sent in two swords to their father, so that 
he might defend his own room until succour should reach him, if an 
assault were made on the house. 
Yusuf despatched 500 men to Barcuk to intercept the Qalmaqs, 
should they attempt to make off: to Ila with their prisoner. The Kir gh iz 
also assembled at the call of Yusuf. 
Grliazi Beg. becoming alarmed at these threatened attacks, released the 
imprisoned Kliwaja Jahan and, obtaining his pardon, prevailed on him to 
send off members of his family to stop the armies of Khutan and Kashghar. 
The latter force returned, but Khwaja Sadiq, who was met on the w T ay 
from Khutan. refused to believe the messengers and pressed on to Yarqand 
where he found Jahan released and sitting on the throne. He rewarded 
his soldiers and allowed them to go back to Khutan. Yusuf, however, 
formed the idea of attacking Ila and solicited help from Andijan and the 
Kir gh iz. 
A w T ife of Yusuf had remained at Aksu. Abdu-l-Wahhab Beg, a Chief 
of Aksu, who had not submitted to Yusuf, showed enmity to this wife, 
but she w T as released and sent to Kash gh ar by an Ishkagha. 
Yusuf, falling ill, took leave of his family and started for Yarqand, 
by way of Yapurgha. The people of Yarqand came out to meet him 
with a horse litter [ takht-i-rawan ], but he refused to sit in it, and 
entered the city on horseback. Here he remained for three months, 
holding intercourse with all the principal people. 
At this time Dabaji (Ta-wa-tze) was ruler of the Qalmaqs at Ila, but 
their country was much disturbed. Amursana was a claimant of the 
chiefship, but being unable to obtain it by his own strength, he went to 
the Emperor of China (Khaqan), begged for an army and agreed to pay 
tribute. Assistance was granted him. Dabaji fled with a small following, 
and finally, finding no other refuge, betook himself to Ush (Turfan), 
w r hile Amursana ruled at Ila. The Governor of Ush, who was not subject 
to the Khoja of Kashghar, invited him into the town, but seized him as 
soon as he entered, and sent him to Ila, whence he was conveyed a 
prisoner to China. 38 There, however, he was treated with honour and his 
88 This passage, which is one of the most interesting in the book, from a historical 
point of view, is given by Muhammad Sadiq in greater detail, and may be transcribed 
here. He writes:—“The cause of the disturbance in Ila was this:—Ghaldan 
Jiriu [Graldan Chiring] was dead and his son Achan succeeded him when only twelve 
years of age. Being so young, he was not heeded by the infidels. He occupied 
himself only in amusemeuts with dogs, in hawking and cock-fighting. Be carried 
off Qalmaq women aud ofteu committed [otherJ sins. The affairs of his country fell 
iuto disorder. 
