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After this the Holy Sultan, having made a procession round the shrine * 
of the King Kh’ajah Ahmad Yasawi, prepared food and drink, and gave 
(it) to his army. 
The Holy Sultan remained during that summer and winter, and con¬ 
quered the whole of Turkistan and Tashkand. The nextf year he again 
rode forth. 
He went through city by city, tribe by tribe, striking with his father’s J 
sword, walking in his ways, and alighting in his alighting places. Having 
defeated the infidels from the River Amun§ to the Sea Qulzum as far as 
Qurdum 11, by the gleam of his sword Islam became refulgent, and the 
pathway of the commandments was opened. The Faith of Islam (and) 
the religion of Ahmad [Muhammad] were firmly established. Up to this 
time several years passed. They then consulted, saying : “ Let us return 
to the land of Kashqar. News has come that the land of Kashqar is 
drowned in infidelity. 
Immediately they made proclamation on proclamation saying : “ Let 
the army be assembled.” The army was assembled. 
The Sultan Hasan Bughra Khan said to the Prince Yusuf Qadir 
Khan : “ Go you to Madain, make petition to the Holy Imams, saying : 
the land of Ivashkar has gone over to infidelity we believe. We desire 
help from A r our Holinesses.” Thus make your petition, he said. 
The Prince Yusuf Qadir Khan went to Madam. ## The King Hasan 
Bughra Khan came with seventy thousand men and sat down to besiege 
the city of Kashqar. They killed all these infidels, and made blood to flow 
(like the River) Ja’ihun. The Musalmans met with victory. 
The infidels having brought over the people of Kashqar to their own 
faith, (these) had eaten the flesh of dogs, asses and pigs, (and) considered 
unclean snakes to be lawful (food) ; (thus) they had become and remained 
unrestrained infidelsff. 
* “Mazar at-lad ’ a double plural of respect. 
f “ Sung-qi” = “ age-walla” (Hind.) 
f Jafib for chdpib ; fadar for padar, P. 
§ For Amu (the Oxus). 
|| Qulzum means the Fed Sea usually, hut also any other sea or lake. Qurdum 
means in Turkia place where waters disappear in the soil. ( Qurdum Qaq is the name 
given to the district where the Yarkand Fiver disappears after stagnating* in lakes and 
marshes.) But this Qurdum is perhaps the same as the Qara (black) Qurdum mention¬ 
ed in Ext. XII, and is perhaps intended for the Kara-koram of Cliingiz-Ivhan (by an 
anachronism). However, from what comes after, it might be thought that all these 
places should be in Western Turkistan. 
IT The Hear-say Tense in mish. 
** Identified with the old city of Ctcsiphon, on the Tigris. 
tt A good instance of the favourite Turki formation of sentences. 
