itted patiently and silently; she desisted even from paying
visits to her parents and acquaintances, which would have given her
some comfort, lest her husband think she had gone to her beloved ones to
complain of his treatment. Four years passed. Meanwhile several
political revolutions had taken place in Kashgar. In China the numerous
Chinese Mohammedans had revolted, and the revolt had spread over the
western countries. In eastern Turkestan the Chinese officials as well as
the soldiers and the merchants had been killed by the Mohammedans; only
a few escaped death by accepting Islam. This state of matters was put an
end to by Jakob Beg. He had come from Chanab Chokand, north of the
Tienshan, under the pretext of helping the descendant of the old
Kashgarian dynasty of the Chodshas to the throne. In due time he put the
Prince aside and founded a kingdom of his own, which included the whole
of eastern Turkestan. After taking hold of the government he tried to
weaken the Chodshas in every way possible, some of them were
assassinated, others put in prison in order to be executed. One of the
latter was Chodsha Burhaneddin. As soon as his wife heard that her
husband had been made a prisoner, she hurried to her father, who was
well esteemed at Jakob Beg's court, and besought him to make the most of
his influence in order to save her husband. Then she prepared a meal,
took it to her imprisoned husband, and encouraged him. At his request
she roused her father still more so as to betake himself at once to
Jakob Beg, and to prevail on him to set the prisoner at liberty that
same night. Chodsha Burhaneddin returned to his house and entered the
room of his wife whom he had so long neglected, in order to thank her
for his delivery. Afterwards she had one more child, a boy.

Some years after these events Chodsha fell ill. Knowing that his end was
near, repentance overwhelmed him, and he asked his first wife to pardon
him whatever wrong he had done her. It was only she whom he wished to be
near him in his pains. His other wives he did not at all care for now,
and detested them even in such a manner as to drive them away, whenever
they approached him. When at last death had released him from his pains,
his three younger wives were married again, leaving their children to
their fate. His first wife, however, remained faithful to him even after
death; she refused all proposals, honorable as some of them were, and
devoted herself entirely to