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Title: The Life of Yakoob Beg
Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar

Author: Demetrius Boulger

Release Date: September 12, 2010 [EBook #33712]

Language: English

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THE LIFE

OF

YAKOOB BEG;

ATHALIK GHAZI, AND BADAULET;

AMEER OF KASHGAR.

BY

DEMETRIUS CHARLES BOULGER,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

_WITH MAP AND APPENDIX._

LONDON:
W{M} H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.
1878.

_[All rights reserved.]_

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,
MILFORD LANE, STRAND, W.C.

THE LIFE

OF

YAKOOB BEG.

TO MY FATHER,

BRIAN AUSTEN BOULGER,

I Dedicate

THE FOLLOWING PAGES, AS SOME FAINT TOKEN
OF FILIAL AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE.

PREFACE.

The following account of the life of Yakoob Beg was written with a
twofold intention. In the first place, it attempts to trace the career
of a soldier of fortune, who, without birth, power, or even any great
amount of genius, constructed an independent rule in Central Asia, and
maintained it against many adversaries durin