IIIF Color HighRes
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| Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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Citation Information
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MIXED CLOTHS OF COTTON AND SILK. Tangas. Phools.
Gazina (10 yards X 9 girras ) per than ... 5 0
(10 „ ,, „ ) „ No. 2 4 0
Mushroo ( 7 „ X 2 yard ) „ ... 7 0
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( 7 „ If „ ) „ ... ... ... 5 0
This is largely exported and is in general use in the province ; it formerly obtained nearly double its pressent price, but the introduction of a large quantity of red chintz (Gulânar) from Russia has swamped the market. Mushroo is both dyed and stamped.
SILxs. Tangas. Phools.
Dariaye (7 yards x I yard) per strip ... ... 6 0
(7 „ „ „ ) „ No. 2 ... ... 4 0
„ (7 ,) „ „ ) „ „ 3 ... 3 0
Silk Chakman (13 yards X 2 yard) .. ... 20 0
,, (13 „ ,. „ ) No. 2 ... ... 17 0
This is chiefly sold for the making up of chogas, the coloring of the strips is invariably made in pairs ; the size of the than is however arranged so as to make one choga.
This silk is largely used for chogas throughout the country, but is nôt carried across the frontier.
Tangas. Phools.
Ranging from the prayer Numdah ... ... ... 2 25
To large Numdahs at ... ... ... ... ... 20 0
They are made largely at Yizrnng Kâsh.
| „ „ „ | Asgar Assim Kassim | „ " { „ | „ Abu Bakr. |
Iehran at Chira.
Nasrudin ..
,, Khwamudin • • • All
at Mayartâgh.
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Tangas. Phools.
... 15 0
... 10 0
Shiaye (7 yards x â yard), Nos. 1 and 2 ...
Dorooya(7 „ „ „ )
These descriptions are largely imported from Andijân, the manufactured articles of Khotan
being coarser than those from Andijin.
Tangas. Phools.
Numdahs for packing bales of merchandize of a dark color ... 1 10
Rope is made from the bark of the mulberry and also from hemp, which is,
however, very little grown in this province, each rope ... 2 0
Rope is also made of wool, per rope ... 2 0
There is no large sale in the Khotan market for foreign goods, nor are there established merchants in Khotan who trade across the frontier ; the result is that goods are not so easily disposed of as in. the Yârkand market, and there is more difficulty in obtaining by barter articles required for a return consignment.
Shrines in the Province of Khotan to which pilgrimages are made are—Imam Akbar, Mazar, in the Kârâkâsh valley.
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1 Ynrûng Kush valley.
„ Zahurudin „ Mayaudin
„ Azail ... Kerai.
„ Saydlik ... Nia.
Lungi Khanem, the gift of Imam Jafir Sâdik, at Nia.
Imam Jafir Sâdik, in the desert beyond Nia, the principal place of pilgrimage from Khotan.
Imam Musa Kasim, at Khotan.
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