1 BOLKSL
2 BfiiUfQi the Uabdoi tfane aie miny Tm^ in BnlUi, indmny
3 Aitbfly vluH tfaoogjb tiMy noir apeik Fomaiit an tUSSk dufciagiaulMd
4 fiom imifak Some fair of tlie Aiaba^ iMwewTi fetain didr hthi
5 The best accounts I can ol)tam» awign to the n^kole of the oovdstrji
6 to wbidi I hm applied the name of Biilkh» « popuhtioii of ana
7 aailUon. « . . • .
8 Bulkh was conquered by Naudir Shauh, and seems to have fidlen
9 into the hands of Ahmed Shauh with little difficulty, and without
10 the necessity of going against it in person. The city of Bulkh, tMid
11 the country round it, were the only parts in the King's immediate
12 possession ; but all the Uzbek chieis in the province, were in com-
13 plete subjection to his authority ; and even i3udukiisbauB is said to
14 have paid him tribute. 1m fore the death of Ahmed Shauh, or early
15 in the reign of his siu ( cssor, the chief of Koondooz threw off the
16 A%haua >oke, and bucccssfully resisted three armi^ thaf were sent
17 against hini, though the last was of considerable strengtli, and com-
18 manded by Sirdauri Jehaun Ehaun, the best general oi the scho<d of
19 Alumd Shanh. While Hmonr fihanh waa at BdUi in 1188^ bafaw
20 nia campaign against die King of BokliMi«a» lie oompeDed tba cUaf
21 «f Eoondooa to pay trifaf&to» bat ifm pwronted efliMBtoallj itdud^g
22 him, bj the impoftaut mat m -wkaxh he wat engaged. - After lliia
23 eampaign, Bulkh appean to hanre bean nc;^ectid« -and tohM anl^
24 farad many calamitiea. Hie pvovince ivaa inrade^ aad-tlM oapilal
25 beaiegedbyShanhMoiaiid^Knigof die lhfaek% and at one time tlie
26 ^didb province^ ezisapt the city of Bulkh and Khoolloom, was re*
27 du<^ under the authariiyof AUaverdee KhannTaue, the duefof an
28 independent Uzbek tribe, whose original posseaaioo was Koorghami
29 Tippeh, on tlie northern bank of the Oxus. Bulkh was defended during
30 that period by the Dooraunee Haukim, and Khoolloom, hv Killich
31 Ali Beg, who was then beginning to rise to the importance he haa
32 since attained.
33 Killich Ali was descended from the chiefs of Kiioolioom, and held
34 the Uzbek title of Atauiik (equivalent to Vizi^)} firom the King of
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