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R, B. Shaw— A Grammar of the Language 
[No. 3, 
Extract NIX. 
The Holy Yusuf Qadir Khan Ghazi and the Holy Hasan Bughra 
Khan Ghazi came to the town of YdrTcand and dwelt (there). They per¬ 
suaded the people towards Islam. By the point of the tongue* they be¬ 
came Musalmans, and professed the Faith. The people made an offering 
of their money and goods, their lives and bodies. They gave all of them 
to the poor. 
On behalf of this people (the Princes) prayed for a blessing. All the 
Musalmans said ‘ Amen.’ The prayer on behalf of these Musalmans (con¬ 
verts) met with acceptance. It is said that by virtue of this prayer the 
city of Yarkand shall never be destroyed. 
AL. JA, 4/. V. 
Tv* 7v 
Extract NX. 
Then they came to the place (where) the Holy Sayad Prince ‘All 
Arslan Khan Ghazi (had been) martyred.The Holy Sultan Hasan 
Bughra Khan Ghazi having bared his head, and fixingf his eyes on Hea¬ 
ven, opened his hands]; and prayed. The Musalmans said ‘ Amen.’ 
The prayer was as yet not finished when a dark whirlwind arose. It 
was as if the sky and the earth were about to become one.§ 
After a short space of time the storm passed away. The world be^ 
came bright (again). They look ! (and behold) sand has settled over the 
martyrs ; salt has settled on the infidels. For that reason they gave (to 
the place) the name “ Qum Shahidan” (martyrs’ sand).|| 
.V*. -W. .V. 
W vV* "TV "TV* 
.After this (the Sultan Hasan Bughra Khan) arose with all his 
troops and set out for Kashqar. He went and sat on his throne. The 
whole people of Kashqar, weeping tear upon tear,^[ like the rain of early 
spring, made mourning (for ‘Ali Arslan). 
.They say it was in the year four hundred and eighty-nine,** the 
tenth of the month ‘Asliur, a Friday,ft (that) the Prince Sayad ‘All Arslan 
* As distinguished fropi the “ point of the sword.” 
f Lit. “ Sewing.” 
J In the manner usual in the Musulman’s prayers. 
§ Lit. “ It became as if about to make the sky the earth, and the earth the sky.” 
|| Still known by that name, to the South-East of Yangi-Hissar, 
Lit. “ Lamentation and lamentation.” 
** A. D. 1095. 
ff This date of the month and week seems to he ascribed as a matter of course to 
every event of any importance or solemnity. ‘ Ashur is really not a month, but the 
tenth day of the month Muharram, 
