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TRAVELS IN TURKISTAN.
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official wlio bears arms, froni the liighest to the lowest, carries
a gun or rifle, ancl never moves out on important cluty or
public business without it. Yakub Khan, the Atalik s nephew,
and Kashghar envoy, who returned with us, was the only
exception I observed to this rule • ancl though he appearecl
wdthout tlie usual gun, he carried at his belt, in tlie prevailing
fashion, powffier and ball bags ancl “priming” horn, with numer-
ous other gun appliances and appendages. I saw Beg-Ivuli-
Beg, the Amrr’s elclest son, ricle past the Mission residence at
Kashghar, witli Niaz Beg, the governor of Khoten, both carrying
guns slung over their shoulders in the ordinary manner, ancl
Nubbi Buksh, the principal military commander, who showed
the troops to us there, bore a double-barrelled rifle.
The view on approaching Yangi-Hissar is very pretty. The
town was crovffiecl with people assemblecl to see us pass. It
has a long covered bazaar with numerous busy shops, ancl looks
as if it were the' centre of a thriving local trade. A lofty
gallow rs fittecl for three occupies a conspicuous place at one enck
of the town. The fort is built on the usual Chinese rectanorfiar
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plan with projecting towers, ancl clitoh ancl glacis ; it appears
comparatively new, ancl is saicl to be well garrisoned and
providecl.
AVe reached Kashghar on the 4th of December. Mirza
Ahmecl Kush-Begi, formerly governor of Tashkend under the
Khokand government, ancl now holding high rank at the
Atalik’s court, met the Mission some clistance off for the
usual “istikbal” (honourable reception), and conducted us to the
“ Elchi Khana,” a very commodious set of quarters opposite the
entrance to the Atalik’s fortified palace (the Yangi-Shahr or
military cantonment of Kashghar). Here was found comfort-
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49
official wlio bears arms, froni the liighest to the lowest, carries
a gun or rifle, ancl never moves out on important cluty or
public business without it. Yakub Khan, the Atalik s nephew,
and Kashghar envoy, who returned with us, was the only
exception I observed to this rule • ancl though he appearecl
wdthout tlie usual gun, he carried at his belt, in tlie prevailing
fashion, powffier and ball bags ancl “priming” horn, with numer-
ous other gun appliances and appendages. I saw Beg-Ivuli-
Beg, the Amrr’s elclest son, ricle past the Mission residence at
Kashghar, witli Niaz Beg, the governor of Khoten, both carrying
guns slung over their shoulders in the ordinary manner, ancl
Nubbi Buksh, the principal military commander, who showed
the troops to us there, bore a double-barrelled rifle.
The view on approaching Yangi-Hissar is very pretty. The
town was crovffiecl with people assemblecl to see us pass. It
has a long covered bazaar with numerous busy shops, ancl looks
as if it were the' centre of a thriving local trade. A lofty
gallow rs fittecl for three occupies a conspicuous place at one enck
of the town. The fort is built on the usual Chinese rectanorfiar
O
plan with projecting towers, ancl clitoh ancl glacis ; it appears
comparatively new, ancl is saicl to be well garrisoned and
providecl.
AVe reached Kashghar on the 4th of December. Mirza
Ahmecl Kush-Begi, formerly governor of Tashkend under the
Khokand government, ancl now holding high rank at the
Atalik’s court, met the Mission some clistance off for the
usual “istikbal” (honourable reception), and conducted us to the
“ Elchi Khana,” a very commodious set of quarters opposite the
entrance to the Atalik’s fortified palace (the Yangi-Shahr or
military cantonment of Kashghar). Here was found comfort-
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