[The Vocabulary Hwei Hwei (Mahomedan) Of The College Of Interpreters At
Peking Transcribes King Chao From The Persian Kin-Chang, A Name It Gives
To The Shen-Si Province.
King chao was called Ngan-si fu in 1277.
(Deveria, Epigraphie, p. 9.) Ken-jan comes from Kin-chang = King-chao =
Si-ngan fu.
- H.C.]
Martini speaks, apparently from personal knowledge, of the splendour of
the city, as regards both its public edifices and its site, sloping
gradually up from the banks of the River Wei, so as to exhibit its walls
and palaces at one view like the interior of an amphitheatre. West of the
city was a sort of Water Park, enclosed by a wall 30 li in
circumference, full of lakes, tanks, and canals from the Wei, and within
this park were seven fine palaces and a variety of theatres and other
places of public diversion. To the south-east of the city was an
artificial lake with palaces, gardens, park, etc., originally formed by
the Emperor Hiaowu (B.C. 100), and to the south of the city was another
considerable lake called Fan. This may be the Fanchan Lake, beside
which Rashid says that Ananda, the son of Mangalai, built his palace.
The adjoining districts were the seat of a large Musulman population,
which in 1861-1862 [and again in 1895 (See Wellby, Tibet, ch. XXV.)
- H.C.] rose in revolt against the Chinese authority, and for a time was
successful in resisting it. The capital itself held out, though invested
for two years; the rebels having no artillery.
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