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aid ; and how the Russian General, taking off his hat, with earnest gesticulations and raised voice called on his men to fight bravely, and with their lives to maintain untarnished their proud name and the honour of their country. And he described how his master, Alim Cull, at this moment led a charge which was the signal for all the rest to fall on and annihilate their prey, when a few skirmishers thrown out brought him to a stop by a chance ball through his belly. His fall was followed by a short commotion, and his retreat from the field. The news was immediately spread through the assailing host, and as immediately its disorderly crowds turned and fled, each its own way ; and in less than an hour not a vestige remained of that vast multitude which, in the name of Islam, had come out to devour the " infidel Unis." And thus that brave band of Russians passed from the jaws of death to the security afforded by a complete victory, with the capture of 200 muskets taken and a loss of 300 men killed inflicted upon the retiring enemy.

The wounded Alim Cull was carried off the field by his Commandant of Artillery, one Nabbi Baksh, a native of Sialkot in the Panjab, who, since the days of the Sikh campaign, had found a livelihood here in the courts of Bukhara and Khokand successively. He now took his master up in his lap and galloped off the field as fast as his horse could carry the double load, leaving his guns and everything else to take care of themselves. Alim Cull died in Tashkand the same evening, and an assembly of the chiefs in consultation then decided on sending for aid to Bukhara, and in the meantime to continue the defence under Mirza Ahmad. Koshbegi, and Ata Beg Dcidkhwc£h who was formerly the Governor of Piskak Fort when it was taken by the Russians in August 1860.

   Rom.   To intercept the aid summoned from Bukhara,, the Russians on the 29th May
marched to Ziachata on the Bukhara road and took possession of Chinaz, whilst the Bukhara army advancing to Samarcand occupied the frontier forts on the Syr Darya (the Syhon or Jaxartes).

k   On this the Russians advanced against Tashkand and invested the city on

three sides during the 18th-19th June. A couple of days later the Khokand Khan, Sultan Murad, with 200 followers quitted the city by night, and at the same time Iskandar Beg with a small Bukhara force entered it. The Russians consequently stormed the town on the night of the 26th-27th June, and after a desperate resistance captured the city and during the next two days disarmed its people, 29th June 1865.

   T.S.   On the death of Alim Cull his chiefs, as above stated, held on in the fort, and

by mutual consent sent the Aksakâl of the city to Bukhara for aid. The Amir Muzaffaruddiu forthwith advanced to Samarcand, and sent off Allahyar Beg, Governor of Oratappa, and Sher Ah Dcidkhwcth of Tashkand who was at the time with Khudayar at Jizzak, to hold the place. On arrival at Tashkand they seized Syad Sultan Khan, the puppet of Alim Cull, and sent him off under escort to Muzaffaruddin who had by that time arrived at Jizzak. He kept Syad Sultan prisoner in his camp, and started off Khudayar from his retreat there with an army to recover Khokand. He was welcomed at Nao by the Governor, Mialau Dc'dkhwcih, who surrendered the fort to him ; and Khudayar, securing it with a garrison of his own, went on to Khujand where the people hailed his return with joy, and installed him in the citadel; where Khudayar at once set to fortify himself.

Meanwhile the usurpers in Khokand had set up Khuda Cull Beg, the son of 1j

Macsild Beg who was the uncle of Sher Ali Khan, as Khan of the Kirghiz and Kapchak. Khudayar consequently invoked the aid of Muzaffurudin who at once marched from Jizzak to Khujand, where he was joined by Sultan Murad fleeing from Tashkand. He detained Murad as a prisoner, and sent Khudayar with an army against the rebels. On his arrival at Besharic, Khuda Cull with his Kapchak and Kirghiz fled to Marghinan, and Khudayar taking possession of Khokand called up the Amir of Bukhara to hold it while he went in pursuit of the fugitives.

As he set out from the capital the rebels retired to Mach beyond Osh, and there held fast. Khudayar advanced against them, and defeating their outpost of a

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