1877.] 
of Eastern Turkistan . 
339 
Khan Ghazi partook of the sherbet of Martyrdom, drank the purifying 
draught and became a martyr. 
# 42 * * * § 42 * 4 ^* 
w w w 
Extract XXI. 
It is related that these Princes, (namely) the Sultan Hasan Bughra 
Khan Ghazi, the Prince Isan Bughra Khan, the Prince Husain Bughra 
Khan, and the Prince Yusuf Qadir Khan, sat on the throne of sovereignty 
for twelve years. 
In their time if they saw or heard of any one not dressed in a turban, # 
they used to drive an iron nail into his head. (The state of) cultivation 
was such that no one would take a £ char ah ’ of grain (if offered) for a 
“pul.” f. 
Extract XXII. 
These Princes were sitting on the throne of abundance (when) it was 
reported to the Maulana Sa c id of KashqarJ that one hundred persons, with 
their three chiefs, were coming as Ambassadors from Turkistan. 
“ Let them enter” said the king. 
Kh’ajah ‘Abdu’llak of Turkistan (and) Kk’ajah Abu-Bakr of Task- 
kand entering kissed the earth in several places and stood up. 
The king (said) : “ May you not suffer fatigue or hunger ! What is 
your condition ?§ Ye have suffered|| privation and trouble.” Thus lie 
questioned them. 
They also having made obeisance said : “ Oh King, Protector of the 
World, the land of Turkistan has lapsed into infidelity. We have come to 
ask for the intercession of Your Highness.” Thus they petitioned... 
These Princes having gathered together a countless host beyond all 
reckoning, rode into Turkistan. 
When they had reached Turkistan,all the people, great and small, 
of their own accord, came and professed obedience. They were collected 
together at the king’s gate. 
* Lit. “ turban-not-putting on person.” Ki-ma-gan is the negative Indefinite 
Participle of the verb Kl-maJc. 
f A modern “ charak” of grain is about 15Jlbs., and a “pul” is about the tenth 
part of a penny. 
X Lit. “ They gave news to the Maulana.. . .saying : ‘ one hundred persons.... 
§ Nihaling for Ni hal-ing “ what (is) your condition.” 
|| Lit. “ drawn out.” 
If The town and district called “ Hazrat Turkistan” or “ Hazrat Sultan” after 
the Saint “ Sultan Ahmad Yasawi,” whose shrine is mentioned below. It lies north 
of Tashkand, in what is now Russian Turkistan. 
