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TRAYELS IN TURKISTAN.
Khan assuming tlie deputy-governorsliip. The tribute con-
sisted of two camels, twelve horses, twelve cows, ancl twelve
blankets, and this has been fixed as the yearly due from Wakhan.
The Mir said to me “ No money is asked, for the country has
none.” He spoke bitterly of tlie cruel exactions made by the
Badakhshi Mirs, and said tliat he greatly preferred the Affghans
as masters.
Mir Futteh Ali Shah took part with the Atalik and Buzurg
Khan in the siege of Kashghar, and was engaged in tlie battle
of Kanarik in 1865. He commanded a Wakhi force wliich, witli
a Badaklishi contingent, crossed the Great Bamir in the summer
of that year, and proceecled to Kashghar by the Tagharma plain
ancl Bas Bobat route. A Tungani flag, taken at Kanarik, was
shown to us at Kila Panja as a trophy of that battle.
The number of inliabitants in Wakhan is said to have greatly
decreased during latter years. One thousand families were
spoken of as its former population, but now there are not more
than five hundred, giving a total of about three thousand souls.
There is a large colony of Wakhis in the Sanju district of
Yarkancl, ancl fifty families are said to have emigrated to the
Sirikol valley during the reign of Mir Futteh Ali Shah. The
people, as a rule, are very poor, but they have the reputation of
being avaricious and particularly foncl. of money. They resemble
the Sirikolis in appearance, ancl like them believe tliemselves to
be clescendecl frorn wanderers who assembled and settled in
AYakhan, from many quarters. They are Shiah Muhammadans,
and acknowleclge Aga Khan of Bombay as their spiritual heacl,
to whom they annually sencl offerings of one-tenth of all produce
of their flocks ancl lands. This payment is also made by the
people of the neighbouring states and districts of Shighnan,
Roshan, Chitral, Munjan, and Sanglig.
TRAYELS IN TURKISTAN.
Khan assuming tlie deputy-governorsliip. The tribute con-
sisted of two camels, twelve horses, twelve cows, ancl twelve
blankets, and this has been fixed as the yearly due from Wakhan.
The Mir said to me “ No money is asked, for the country has
none.” He spoke bitterly of tlie cruel exactions made by the
Badakhshi Mirs, and said tliat he greatly preferred the Affghans
as masters.
Mir Futteh Ali Shah took part with the Atalik and Buzurg
Khan in the siege of Kashghar, and was engaged in tlie battle
of Kanarik in 1865. He commanded a Wakhi force wliich, witli
a Badaklishi contingent, crossed the Great Bamir in the summer
of that year, and proceecled to Kashghar by the Tagharma plain
ancl Bas Bobat route. A Tungani flag, taken at Kanarik, was
shown to us at Kila Panja as a trophy of that battle.
The number of inliabitants in Wakhan is said to have greatly
decreased during latter years. One thousand families were
spoken of as its former population, but now there are not more
than five hundred, giving a total of about three thousand souls.
There is a large colony of Wakhis in the Sanju district of
Yarkancl, ancl fifty families are said to have emigrated to the
Sirikol valley during the reign of Mir Futteh Ali Shah. The
people, as a rule, are very poor, but they have the reputation of
being avaricious and particularly foncl. of money. They resemble
the Sirikolis in appearance, ancl like them believe tliemselves to
be clescendecl frorn wanderers who assembled and settled in
AYakhan, from many quarters. They are Shiah Muhammadans,
and acknowleclge Aga Khan of Bombay as their spiritual heacl,
to whom they annually sencl offerings of one-tenth of all produce
of their flocks ancl lands. This payment is also made by the
people of the neighbouring states and districts of Shighnan,
Roshan, Chitral, Munjan, and Sanglig.