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rising* * * § as far as the place called “ Karak” on the north as far as the place 
called “ Qara-qurdum”t [sic] (the said) Sultan, having converted the infi¬ 
dels to Islam by his sword, established the laws and religion of the Holy 
Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and gave them currency. 
. They buried the Holy Sultan at a place called Mashhad in Low¬ 
er Artush , in (the country of) Kashgar. 
. At the time of the Holy Sultan’s leaving this world, the date 
was four hundred and twenty-nine.% . 
Extract XIII. 
The King Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan Ghazi had§ four sons and three 
daughters. The name of one (of the) daughters (was) . ‘ Ala-nur 
Khanem. Now ‘Ala-nur Khanem was a sainted lady 11 of very pure appear¬ 
ance and chaste disposition, of right faith and firm belief^ ; and her story 
is like that of the Blessed Mary [may peace be with her]. In this wise : 
that when she had arrived at maturity, one night she was worshipping God 
the Exalted ; the Holy Gabriel [on whom be peace] came and distilled a 
drop of light into her sacred mouth. 
Fainting she lost her consciousness. Again she returned to life. 
Another tradition is, that one night she was going out to the door. 
At the door (behold) a lion is standing. At the sight of the lion the per¬ 
spiration bedewed (her brow). Her consciousness forsook her ; again she 
returned to life. After many days, after many months, on the tenth of 
the month Ashur, on a Friday at the time of assembly for prayer, a son 
came into existence, of ruddy countenance, with the eyes of a gazelle. 
Great and small, all remained in wonder, saying : “ What manner of 
an occurrence is this ?” The king in anger commanded, saying : “Ascer¬ 
tain the truth of this matter.” 
The nobles, the learned, and great men, questioned ’Alanur Khanem. 
She related the circumstances one by one. The assembled sagacious and 
wise men, and the learned and great, full of awe, exclaimed : “ It is the 
Holy ‘AH.” 
* Probably for Jeon qish (which has no sense), should be read Jeon cJiiqisJi which 
has the sense given above. Otherwise it might read “ as far as Kun-qisli KaraJc .” 
f The whole passage is confused in the original as is shown in the translation. 
X Answering to A. D. 1037. The dates given agree with the age ascribed to 
Satuq Bughra Khan when he died, viz. 96 years. He is said to have been born in 
A. Ii. 333, and to have died in A. H. 429. 
§ Lit. “ of the king.... there were four sons,” &c. 
[| ZaHfa is used as a term of respect equivalent to “ lady” ; and mar hum is used of 
the faithful dead. 
H Lit. “ mistress of certainty.” 
