K'uei Shun, Imperial Resident of Ko-honor (Ch'inghai) in Western Mongol reports the death of Mihu, a Mongolia Prince (4th Order) of Kokonor, who was slain in battle while engaged with his tribesmen and retainers in opposing an invasion of a large body of Mahommedan rebels from Kansu, and further prays that extraordinary marks of the Imperial favour be bestowed upon the deceased Prince's family in acknowledgment of his bravery, loyalty, and patriotism. It appears that the above noted Mahommedan rebels belonged to large body of men who had been driven out of their fortified villages at Shanghuchang, near the city of Hsining, by the victorious Imperial troops soon after the. raising of the siege of the said city. The dislodged rebels retreated westwards in order to escape annihilation and to find a way to get to their ce-religionists in Kashgaria. During their retreat a strong detachment of rebel horsemen intent on under and forage invaded that part of kokonor governed by the deceased Prince who was head of the Né-mu-hsi-li league of Mongols. As soon as the said Prince heard of the approach of the rebels he hastily collected as many of his tribesmen and members of other tribes of the league as he could, and making a forced march met the enemy near the borders of Kokonor and Kansu, but there he found that the rebels were greatly superior in numbers to what he had anticipated. Nothing daunted, however, the deceased Prince attacked the rebels, and in consequence lost his life, slain by the Mahommedans. The Mongols were defeated and compelled to flee, leaving their dead and wounded on the field of battle, amongst whom was also the Secretary of the Mongolian Superintendency, A Yin-chi, who was also killed about the same time as the Prince. We fully sympathies with the families of the deceased rince and Secretary and in recognition of their loyalty.and bravery hereby command the Board concerned to deliberate as to what extraordinary posthumous honours and the amount of Government grant that should be bestowed upon the deceased and their families.
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