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HISTORY OF THE KHOJAS OF EASTERN TtIRKISTAN. 
them, he said, be deputed together with an envoy, to Kashghar, and let it 
be proclaimed that he has been appointed ruler of the province by the 
Emperor of China. 
Now Khwaja Yahyd, (son of Khwaja Afaq) had left a son named 
Khwaja Ahmad, who had two sons : 1, Burhanu-d-Dln, and 2, Khan 
Khoja. Burhan was sent with an embassy, accompanied by a force of 
Chinese, Qalmaqs and hillmen. He was received with joy by the people 
of Aksu, and took possession of Ush. But the inhabitants of Ush advised 
an arrangement by which Yusuf should be left in possession of Kashghar, 
as it was reported that all the Kir gh iz, as well as the people of Khutan 
and Yarqand, were assembled for the defence of Kashghar. 
When Yusuf heard the news from Ila, he was lying ill at Yarqand. 
He took counsel with his advisers, and it was recommended that he should 
not wait to be attacked in Kash gh ar. but should carry the war into the 
enemy’s country, Ush and Aksu. But Yusuf did not approve of thus in¬ 
viting an attack on himself, in case his army should be defeated, and the 
Kirghiz allies were not to be trusted. However, the general opinion was 
too strong for him, and a force was despatched from Yarkand, without 
Yusuf’s knowledge or consent, under command of his brother Khwaja 
Yahya. The Kir gh iz joined the army at Yang! Hisar, and the Governor 
of that place, who was suspected of complicity with the Qalmaqs, was 
made prisoner, and taken on to Kash gh ar; whence the force proceeded, by 
way of Artush to Ush. Khwaja Yusuf died two days after his army had 
left Yarqand. 
Khwaja Jahan, who succeeded Yusuf, did not approve of this expedi¬ 
tion and wanted to recall it. But his Chiefs represented that, having 
started, it was best that it should go on, lest the enemy should perceive 
dissensions among them. By his order Khwaja Abdu-llah, son of Yusuf, 
was made ruler of Kash gh ar. He collected a contingent of troops from 
his province and sent it after Yahya, whom it overtook at Besh Karam. 
The united forces then marched by Akshai and Kakshal, to Ush. The 
invading Khwaja Burhan was amusing himself when news of the approach 
of this expedition reached him. He was taken by surprise, but ordered 
his troops to be called together. 
Yahya sent an embassy to Ush. On being introduced to the presence 
of Khwaja Burhan, they were scandalised at his dress and manners, which 
resembled those of the Qalmaqs and Chinese. With him were the Gov¬ 
ernors of Aksu, Ush, Kuchar, Sairam, Dolan and a Kirghiz Chief. There 
were also 400 Chinese troops under Turumtai Darin, and 1,000 Qalmaqs 
immediately after his father, and while still a child. This would have been some twelve 
or thirteen years previous to the date of Muhammad Sadiq’s book, and consequently, 
it might be thought, within his recollection. 
