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0037 Southern Tibet : vol.7
南チベット : vol.7
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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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»Thus, in his estimation, *one* mountain-system, and not *two*, lies between the Indian
and the Central Asian basin.» Mirza Haidar mentions the road from Khotan to
India, and knows the intermediate stations, Rudok, Guge, and Spiti, indicating that
he or his informants had been over it.

In Chapter XCIV of Part II, p. 420 of the Tarikh-i-Rashidi, there is an interesting
description of the difficulties of the Kara-korum road represented to the Khán by
those who had had experience of them: »It is now too late [in the season] to achieve
anything; for very soon all the waters and rivers will be frozen over, so that no
water will be obtainable: nor is there sufficient firewood to be found to melt the
ice, for watering the cattle and horses. It will also be hardly possible to kill enough
kutás to make a sufficient supply of soup. It is for these reasons that, on previous
occasions, several armies have been dismounted [lost their horses] on this road.»
The Khán, being convinced, turned back from Khotan, and advanced along the road
which Mirza Haidar had taken.

Ney Elias is of the opinion that the Khán had started from Khotan with the
intention of crossing by one of the direct routes to Ngari-khorsum. But these routes
are »practically impassable» — »never used by traders or travellers and are very
little known». Ney Elias concludes: »Mirza Haidar's route (and the one the Khan
afterwards followed) was the ordinary one, over the Kara-korum pass, as is evident
from Nubra being mentioned as the first point reached on arriving in Ladak.»
(Ibidem, p. 420n.)

When, in 1533, Sultan Said Khan Ghazi was on his way from Mâryul in
Tibet (*i. e.* Leh in Ladak) back to Yarkand, he died on the road, and from that
incident dates the well-known name, Daulet Bek-öldi, near Dapsang. Mirza Haidar
accompanied him on his first stage¹ and then took leave of him. Four days later
he got news that the Khan had crossed the pass of Sákri. »He had reached Nubra
in safety and was camped there, intending to proceed towards Yárkand after the
festival of the Sacrifice.» As Nubra is mentioned, the Sákri may easily be meant
for Kardung-la above Leh, as Ney Elias supposes. Then they set north on their
homeward road with all speed, and »crossed the ice passes (muzájat)». There is
not the slightest doubt about this »muzájat» or ice-pass being the Saser-davan, though
H. W. BELLEW identifies Sákri with Saser.²

The Khan was very ill, and to get him away to some more hospitable place,
his followers mounted him upon his horse and made eight days' journey in four.
Mirza Haidar thinks it would have been better to construct a litter. »But the armies
excused themselves for not making one, on the ground that it could not be carried
over the passes.» After these four days' journey, the Khan died, which must have