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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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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 1½ „ 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.— „ Nur Alli ... ... 15 do.
„ 3.— Ditto ... ... 21 do. „ 10.— „ Kassim ... ... 14 do.
„ 4.— Ditto ... ... 22 do. „ 11.—Oil Serai (Jeger)... ... 7 do.
„ 5.—Serai Sugut ... 28 do. (Kashmiri's.) „ 12.—Serai Bajaori ... ... 21 do.
„ 6.— „ Sukhan ... 37 do. „ 13.—Hindoo Serai ... ... 25 do.
„ 7.— „ Yarkand ... 27 do. „ 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 Zakatehi 7. Zak Mullah Bai, No. 2 ... 63 rooms (Very small
resides here.) 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. Khola Yar Beg ... 40 do.
5. Ameen Akhun Bai ... 17 do. 11. Ismail Beg ... ... 22 do.
6. Zak Mullah Bai, No. 1 ... 21 do.
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 ... ... do.
3. Sheik Beg ... ... do. 8. Andijani ... ... ... do.
4. Mullah Saduk ... ... do. 9. Yarkandi ... ... ... do.
5. Dhung ... ... do.
There are three other serais within walls.
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