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English: Identifier: ruinsofdesertcat01stei (find matches) CH. XXIX A WELL-CONNECTED EXILE 339 seigneur bearing and amiable grace of the latter had then impressed me favourably, in spite of widespread reports of his unabashed exactions and rather unscrupulous ways in general. But then was not his uncle the great Liu Chin-tang, the famous general who, after the rebel Yakub Begs death, had in 1877 reconquered Turkestan, and whose services to the Empire I had on my first visit to Kashgar seen honoured by a stately temple dedicated to his memory ? The family of such an organizer of victory might well claim exceptional privileges under a grateful Government; and indeed I was not surprised to learn during my previous journey that the great Liu Chin-tangs relatives, close and distant, held a conspicuous share in the most lucrative official posts of the Province. Much-talked-of reforms had not yet seriously affected the time-honoured state of affairs under which the civil administration of the Province wasconsi |
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