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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, Alím Culí, 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 Islám, had come out to devour the "infidel Urús." 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 Alím Culí was carried off the field by his Commandant of
Artillery, one Nabbí Baksh, a native of Sialkot in the Panjáb, who, since the
days of the Sikh campaign, had found a livelihood here in the courts of Bukhárá
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 every-
thing else to take care of themselves. Alím Culí died in Táshkand the same
evening, and an assembly of the chiefs in consultation then decided on sending for
aid to Bukhárá, and in the meantime to continue the defence under Mirzá Ahmad
Koshbegi, and Atá Beg Dádkhwáh 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 Bukhárá, the Russians on the 29th May
marched to Zínchata on the Bukhárá road and took possession of Chinaz, whilst the
Bukhárá army advancing to Samarcand occupied the frontier forts on the Syr Daryá
(the Syhon or Jaxartes).
On this the Russians advanced against Táshkand and invested the city on
three sides during the 18th-19th June. A couple of days later the Khokand Khán,
Sultán Murád, with 200 followers quitted the city by night, and at the
same time Iskandar Beg with a small Bukhárá 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 Alím Culí his chiefs, as above stated, held on in the fort, and
by mutual consent sent the Aksakál of the city to Bukhárá for aid. The Amír
Muzaffaruddín forthwith advanced to Samarcand, and sent off Allahyár Beg, Governor
of Oratappa, and Sher Ali Dádkhwáh of Táshkand who was at the time with Khudáyár
at Jizzák, to hold the place. On arrival at Táshkand they seized Syad Sultán
Khán, the puppet of Alím Culí, and sent him off under escort to Muzaffaruddín
who had by that time arrived at Jizzák. He kept Syad Sultán prisoner in his camp,
and started off Khudáyár from his retreat there with an army to recover Khokand.
He was welcomed at Náo by the Governor, Múlán Dádkhwáh, who surrendered the
fort to him; and Khudáyár, 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 Khudáyár at once set to fortify himself.
Meanwhile the usurpers in Khokand had set up Khudá Culí Beg, the son of
Macsúd Beg who was the uncle of Sher Ali Khán, as Khán of the Kirghiz and
Kapchák. Khudáyár consequently invoked the aid of Muzaffaruddín who at once
marched from Jizzák to Khujand, where he was joined by Sultán Murád fleeing
from Táshkand. He detained Murád as a prisoner, and sent Khudáyár with an
army against the rebels. On his arrival at Besharic, Khudá Culí with his Kapchák
and Kirghiz fled to Marghinán, and Khudáyár taking possession of Khokand called
up the Amír of Bukhárá to hold it while he went in pursuit of the fugitives.
As he set out from the capital the rebels retired to Mádí beyond Osh, and there
held fast. Khudáyár advanced against them, and defeating their outpost of a
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