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| Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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Citation Information
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Khoten carpets are sold in the Yarkand market at the following rates :-
A carpet, 8 yards by 4, costs 250 tangas. A „ 4 ditto 2 „ 125 „ A „ 3 ditto 1i „ 60 „
Dyers.-230 shops, 30 of which are occupied solely with the dyeing of silk.
Yellow dye.-From a seed name unknown.
Khakee.-From the husk of pomegranate and impure carbonate of zinc.
Red.-From Kirimiz (Cochineal) and lac from Bokhara.
Purple.-From Kirimiz and indigo.
Green.- Indigo, alum, and huldee.
Black.-Carbonate of zinc and gall-nut and sulphate of iron.
SERAIS YARKAND.
| No. | 1.-Andijani ... | ... 15 rooms. | No. | 8.-Serai Khoten | 34 rooms. | ||
| „ | 2.- Ditto ... | ... 14 | do. |
| 9.- „ Nûr Alli | 15 do. | |
| f, | 3.- | Ditto ... | ... 21 | do. |
| 10.- „ Kassim ... | 14 do. |
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| 4.- | Ditto ... | ... 22 | do. | If | 11.-Oil Serai (Jeger)... | 7 do. |
| „ | 5.-Serai Sugut | ... 28 | do. (Kashmiri's.) | ff | 12.-Serai Bajaori | 21 do. | |
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| ... 37 | do. | ff | 13.-Hindoo Serai | 25 do. | |
| ,f | | „ Yarkand | ... 27 | do. | ff | 14.-Serai Ghufan | 20 do. |
The first four are chiefly occupied by Andijani merchants; they are the most pretentious in appearance : the best have a large cellar beneath the central space of the court-yard they enclose, the rooms for accommodation of the merchants being ranged all round.
Taking No. 4 Serai as an example, the hire of a room per mensem amounted to 5 tangas, but the entire income on account of rooms and store-rooms comes to 4,000 tangas per annum.
Here you may find pig-iron from Russia (Nijni) in large quantities. Madder from Andijan (average price 30 tungas per charak).
Cotton from Khoten and Yarkand bound for Kashghar and Andijan. Old iron.-Average price 3 jings for 2 tangas.
Cotton.-16 jings, or 1 charak, for 4 or 6 tangas. Grape juice-16 jings, or 1 charak, for 8 tangas. Numdahs and carpets from Khoten are also among the goods in store.
SERAIS KASHGHAR.
| 1. | Badshahi Kona ... | 31 rooms (The Zakatchi resides here.) | 7. | Zak Mullah Bai, No. 2 | ... 63 rooms (Very small rooms.) |
| 2. | Badshahi Nawa ... | 30 do. (In the Chowk.) | 8. | Mahomed Yusuf Bai | ... 28 do. |
| 3. | Serai Alum Akhun ... | 23 do. | 9. | Yusuf Bai | ... 30 do. |
| 4. | Ahmed Akhun ... | 31 do. | 10. | Khoda Yar Beg | ...40 do. |
| 5. | Ameen Akhun Bai ... | 17 do. | 11. | Ismail Beg | ... 22 do. |
| 6. | Zak Mullah Bai, No. 1 ... | 21 do. |
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In the best of these serais 5 tangas per mensem is paid for the hire of a room ; in the second class serais the hire of a room is 3 tangas per mensem.
The remaining serais are not occupied in any way by merchants and traders, but give shelter to people without a residence of their own ; camelmen, &c., &c.
SERAIS AKSU.
| 1. | Khoten | ... Serai | 50 rooms. | 6. | Khoona | ... Serai. |
| 2. | Kashghari ... | ... do. | 60 do. | 7. | Nar Kurgan Bai |
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| 3. | Sheik Beg ... | ... do. |
| 8. | Andijani ... |
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| 4. | Mullah Saduk ... | ... do. |
| 9. | Yarkandi ... | ... do. |
| 5. | Dhung ... | ... do. |
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There are three other serais within walls.
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