330) say that An-ting wei, 1500 li
south-west of Kan-chou, was in old times known as Sa-li Wei-wu-ehr. These
Sari Uigurs are mentioned by Du Plan Carpin, as Sari Huiur. Can Sala be
the same as Sari?"
"Mohammedans," says Mr. Rockhill (Ibid. p. 39), "here are divided into two
sects, known as 'white-capped Hui-hui,' and 'black-capped Hui-hui.' One of
the questions which separate them is the hour at which fast can be broken
during the Ramadan. Another point which divides them is that the
white-capped burn incense, as do the ordinary Chinese; and the Salar
condemn this as Paganish. The usual way by which one finds out to which
sect a Mohammedan belongs is by asking him if he burns incense. The
black-capped Hui-hui are more frequently called Salar, and are much
the more devout and fanatical. They live in the vicinity of Ho-chou,
in and around Hsuen-hua t'ing, their chief town being known as Salar
Pakun or Paken."
[Illustration: Cross on the Monument at Si-ngan fu (actual size). (From a
rubbing.)]
Ho-chou, in Western Kan-Suh, about 320 li (107 miles) from Lan-chau, has
a population of about 30,000 nearly entirely Mahomedans with 24 mosques;
it is a "hot-bed of rebellion." Salar-pa-kun means "the eight thousand
Salar families," or "the eight thousands of the Salar." The eight kiun
(Chinese t'sun?
