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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal November 1835

1835

[Read at the Meeting of the 4th November.] [In publishing the accompanying memoir we have purposely not availed ourselves of the permission given us by the author to omit the copies of his correspondence with the Gelpo of Iskárdoh because the dates of these letters establish fact of Captain WADE’S attention having been drawn to the traditionary history this place in 1829 previous to the inform [...] ZIag to him and had the gratification of cultivating through them the With the present letter I received it separate paper containing an account of the recurrence of the Insurrection in Eastern Turkist4in which I forwarded at the time who bad received information of the event to the Secretary to the Governor General from the Select Committee at Canton and was desirous of receiving-may Intell [...] In the course of the war many of the TurkmAn chiefs as well as the Khojan himself fell into the hands of the Chinese and -were put to death ; while the rest of thp royal family among which was the eldest son of the Khojan who took the title of his father sought an asylum with the ruler of Indajan where they remained waiting a favorable oppotunityftto recover their country. [...] When the Khojan heard of the departure of these troops the ruler of Indajan let him loose and the Khojan collecting a party to Kirkpiz whence he sent a man to Kashghar to ascertain the disposition of the people they replied that the Chinese force had gone to Kara Khatai and he had only to come and possess himself of the whole country. [...] The horse and the sword had made them masters of the plain ; they became feudal possessors of the territory under the tenure of service to the SHA.41 and held the remaining Kurds as cultivators of the soil.
history
Pages
74
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I—Notes Taken by Captain C.M. Wade Political Agent at Ludhiana in 1829 Relative to the Territory and Government of Iskárdoh from Information Given by Charágh Ali an Agent who was Deputed to Him in that Year by Ahmad Sháh the Gelpo or Ruler of that Country
589-601 Prinsep James view
II—Journal of a Tour through Georgia Persia and Mesopotamia. By Captain R. Mignan Bombay European Regt. F.L.S. and M.R.A.S.
602-620 Prinsep James view
III—On the Connection of Various Ancient Hindu Coins with the Grecian or Indo-Seythic Series. By James Prinsep Sec. &c
621-643 Prinsep James view
IV—Application of Iron Rods Proposed to Compensate for the Strain Occasioned by the Tension of the Strings upon Piano Fortes thereby to Prevent Warping and to Render them More Durable and Better Adapted to Keep Longer in Tune. By Col. D. Presgrave
643-647 Prinsep James view
V—Notice of Two Beds of Coal Discovered by Captain J.R. Ouseley P.A. to the Commissioner at Hoshangabád Near Bara Garahwára in the Valley of the Narbada 5th Jan. 1835. Pl. Liii
648-648 Prinsep James view
VI—Specific Name and Character of a New Species of Cervus Discovered by B.H. Hodgson Esq. in 1825 and Indicated in His Catalogue by the Local Name of Bahraiya
648-649 Prinsep James view
VII—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
650-651 Prinsep James view
VIII—Meteorological Register
652-652 Prinsep James view

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