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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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not prepared like my better-trained followers to attack large
heaps of melons and other fruit after so short an interval.
So I strolled away into the inner part of the garden, where
there were cool, shady walks between roomy tanks of water,
and a fine wood-built prayer-hall. In smaller buildings half-
hidden behind the trees and intended for the accommodation
of pilgrims, I could hear voices reading chapters of the Koran.
But it was no time for popular pilgrimages, and the inmates
were only a few itinerant mendicants and 'Talib-ilms' or
theological students.
Beyond the garden stretched barren, sun-baked ground,
filled with graves and tombs in all stages of decay. In its
centre rises the simple but massive cupola which covers the
resting-place of the holy Mairyam (Miriam). Yaqub Beg, or
Bedaulat as he is popularly known, had raised it with hard-
burnt bricks, and the good condition of the building, which
has seen no repairs since the death of its founder, speaks
well for the solidity of the construction. All around are only
crumbling ruins, mud walls slowly mingling with the loess
dust from which they were made. The shrine has kept some
of the land left to it by former pious benefactors, but it would
be against all Eastern notions if any of the proceeds were
spent on repairs. The feeding of poor pilgrims and of the
ever-present Darwishes is a more urgent task.
At four my hosts and guides had finished their feast of
melons and meat with a pious prayer, and we resumed the
march. The single canal along which we rode could not
supply water for the whole plain. From where we entered
the limits of the land of Khan-ui ("the Khan's residence"),
stretches of desert ground could be seen both to the north
and south. By 5.30 p.m. the last hamlet eastwards was
reached. To proceed for camp to the old site which I
intended to visit was impossible on account of the want of
water. So I gladly assented to the proposal to pitch my
camp in a large 'Bostan' or arbour of the hamlet. I found
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