1 O'J ^
2 WHERE
3 THREE
4 EMPIRES
5 MEET
6 been amicably disposed towards China ; for not only
7 did the Chinese authorities wink at the slave-lmntina
8 and caravan-raidinf? of the tribesmen, but thev used
9 even once to pay a subsidy to the dreaded thum, and
10 A
11 HrXZA
12 EAJAH
13 AND
14 TRIBESMEN.
15 allowed him to levy toll on the Kirghiz shepherds of
16 the Tagdambash Pamir.
17 While bitterly hostile to British influence, Safdar
18 Ali Khan of Hunza, and Eajali Uzr Khan of Nagar —
19 the latter ruling^ Nao-ar for his ao-ed father — were
20 known to be well-disposed to Eussia. Captain Groms-
21 chevtsky, who visited this region with one of his usual