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hun. Arrows struck the Holy King in several places. A flood of blood 
was poured forth. Nuqta Rashid severed the sacred head of the Holy King 
from his body. 
After the Holy Hasan Bughra Khan Ghazi had suffered martyrdom, 
the infidels slaughtered* * * § all the Musalmans. (It was) as if the Last Hay 
had come. The light of the world became darkness. 
Extract XXYI. 
His Highness Yusuf Qadir Khan was at Mada'in. Hearing that 
Yusuf Qadir was coming from Mada’in with an army of a hundred thousand 
men,t Juqta Rashid fled away with all his forces to the cities of China. 
The people of Kashqar took valuables and presents, and went to meet 
the Holy Yusuf Qadir in the Mountains of Andijan. They pressed the 
skirt of his robe to their eyes, and kissed his feet. 
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Extract XXYII. 
They further relate that the Prince Yusuf Qadir Khan took forty 
thousand men toj obtain vengeance for his father’s (death). Having be¬ 
sieged Khotan and fought for twenty-four years, he took the land of Ivho- 
tan, and slew the Jigalu-alklialkhal of China. (Thus) he took vengeance 
for his father: 
He brought (away) the goods and booty of Khotan ; (on) the banks 
of the Klian-Arik§ he bought the Seven-Yillages (Yetti-kent) of Tdzghun 
(at the rate of) a “ charak” || of land for one ‘ misqal’ of gold, and dedicated 
(them) to religious uses. 
.He returned to Kashqar by the upper road, and encamped at a place 
called Qizil. It being the place proper for building a “ Langar”^[ in honor 
of the Holy Sayad Arslan Khan, he ordered a tank to he dug. Immediately 
they set to digging the tank. Loosening the ground with the points of 
* Lit. “ Caused to arrive at martyrdom.” 
f Lit. “ Saying, Yusuf Qadir is believed to be coming,..” (the Hear¬ 
say tense in mish ). 
J Lit. “ Saying : 1 May I obtain &c.’ ”. 
§ Or “ Eoyal canalit is known by that name to this day, and is situated between 
Yangi-Hissar and Ivashghar. Tdzghun means “ stream.” It is also the name of a Liver 
and district in the locality noted above. 
|| A “ Charak” of land is the extent which can be sown with one “ charak” of seed. 
A “ charak” of grain is about loir lb. A ‘ miscal’ of gold is the seventh part of a “ ser” 
(3J rupees weight) ; at modern rates it is worth between 14 and 15 shillings. Land 
which took 1 lb of seed to sow was therefore bought for about 1 shilling. 
U A “ Langar” is a traveller’s rest-house connected usually with some shrine. 
