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1877.] of Eastern TurJcistdn. 
The infidels were on the alert ; they considered the opportunity valua¬ 
ble. Entering (the field) rank on rank they sent the Musalmans to* mar¬ 
tyrdom ; and just as they (the worshippers) reached this verse—“ and God 
is a sufficient witness, Muhammad is the Messenger of God”—a sword 
struck the sacred head of the Prince. The head w 7 as severed from the 
body. From the sacred head of the Prince there came a voice : 
“ Well, it is a careless Mulla” it said. 
His proper name was “ Mulla ‘Alarm” The nick-name “ Kh’ajah. 
Be-gham” (careless Kh’ajah) became affixed to him. # 
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Extract XVII. 
The infidels urged their horses against (the Prince’s) household. 
These (men) stood still and fought. They made over ever so many infidels 
to Hell. The attacking infidels finally made martyrs of them. 
Then the Lady Mariam Khanem, with several (of her) maids, draw¬ 
ing a sigh of grief, entered the battle. They sent five and twenty infidels 
to Hell. The unbelievers came on to the attack. She looked at the earth 
(for help). The earth split; at that moment she entered the earth and 
disappeared. After that they slew the maids. 
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Extract XVIII. 
The Holy Hasan Bughra Khan Ghazi, the Holy Is an Bughra Khan 
Ghazi, the Holy Yusuf Qadir Khan Ghazi, these Princes entered the plain. 
Killing infidels, they made the blood to flow (like the River) Jaihun ; they 
cut (them) in pieces, and took their goods as booty. 
Juqta Rashid and Huqta Rushid, Jigalu-alkhalkhal of China, with a 
force of twelve thousand (men), fled. (The Princes) pursuing after, reach¬ 
ed (the place) called KuJcidr. f There they fought for seven nights and 
days. Many Musalmans became martyrs. With all this fighting, (mat¬ 
ters) did not come right. Othman Bughra Khan, a son of the Holy Sul¬ 
tan, with sixty persons, met with martyr’s deaths. The infidels, fighting 
as they went, retreated to a town of China. 
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* A certain “ Hazr at Beg am" is reverenced as a local saint at Qizil. I was much 
exercised at hearing' this saint spoken of as a man ; whereas the title would mean “ the 
Holy Princess.” But perhaps it is the “ Kh’ajah Begham ” of the text, who has been 
converted by local superstition into a saint, like Pilate. 
f The last village on the winter route to Tibet, south of Yarkand. 
