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CHAPTEE III.
HALT AT SHAHIDULLA—YAKUB KHAN, KASHGHAR ENVOT—SPECIAL COURIERS—ANNUAL
YARKAND CARAVANS—PARTT PROCEEDS TO SANJU—KIRGHLZ AND YAKS—SANJU
PASS—BULLOCK CARRIAGE—MIRZA BAHAUDIN—ABU-BAKR’S FORT—KILIAN KIR-
GHIZ—MISSION AND ENVOT REACH SANJU—KARGALIK—YARKAND—VISIT TO THE
GOVERNOR : TO THE CITY—DRESS AND APPEARANCE OP THE PEOPLE—STREETS
AND BAZAARS —MARKET DAY — HUNTING-EAGLES — BEGGARS—POPULATION—MIS-
SION QUARTERS—SOLDIERS—CARTS.
The Mission was under orders to halt on tlie frontier till
joined by Yakub Khan Tora, the Kashghar Envoy to the Vice-
roy of Inclia. Yakub Khan, after completing the preliminaries
of the commercial treaty which he was sent to negotiate, pro-
ceeded to Constantinople, where it was arranged with the
Sultan’s government to declare Kashghar a protectecl state of
Turkey, with Muhammad Yakub Khan (known as the Atalik
Ghazi) as ruler, under the title of Amir. The Envoy found
the formalities of the Sultan’s court sadly against quick cle-
spatch of business, and his departure for the return journey was
delayed considerably beyond his calculations ancl our plans.
The progress of the camp from Rawal Pincli, where it was
organised, was slow; the halts were long, pending definite
orders, which depended entirely on the return of the Kashghar
envoy. Our feeling of suspense during all that time of doubt
was painful, ancl our delight was great when we were secured
against bitter disappointment; for hacl the envoy not come
HALT AT SHAHIDULLA—YAKUB KHAN, KASHGHAR ENVOT—SPECIAL COURIERS—ANNUAL
YARKAND CARAVANS—PARTT PROCEEDS TO SANJU—KIRGHLZ AND YAKS—SANJU
PASS—BULLOCK CARRIAGE—MIRZA BAHAUDIN—ABU-BAKR’S FORT—KILIAN KIR-
GHIZ—MISSION AND ENVOT REACH SANJU—KARGALIK—YARKAND—VISIT TO THE
GOVERNOR : TO THE CITY—DRESS AND APPEARANCE OP THE PEOPLE—STREETS
AND BAZAARS —MARKET DAY — HUNTING-EAGLES — BEGGARS—POPULATION—MIS-
SION QUARTERS—SOLDIERS—CARTS.
The Mission was under orders to halt on tlie frontier till
joined by Yakub Khan Tora, the Kashghar Envoy to the Vice-
roy of Inclia. Yakub Khan, after completing the preliminaries
of the commercial treaty which he was sent to negotiate, pro-
ceeded to Constantinople, where it was arranged with the
Sultan’s government to declare Kashghar a protectecl state of
Turkey, with Muhammad Yakub Khan (known as the Atalik
Ghazi) as ruler, under the title of Amir. The Envoy found
the formalities of the Sultan’s court sadly against quick cle-
spatch of business, and his departure for the return journey was
delayed considerably beyond his calculations ancl our plans.
The progress of the camp from Rawal Pincli, where it was
organised, was slow; the halts were long, pending definite
orders, which depended entirely on the return of the Kashghar
envoy. Our feeling of suspense during all that time of doubt
was painful, ancl our delight was great when we were secured
against bitter disappointment; for hacl the envoy not come