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from Wu Yilan; but when his new favourite denounced the old Minister, he sent the latter a handsoo^ely-caryed sword. With this weapon Wn Y^an committed suicide. Fu Oh^ai was exceedingly angry, and caused his body to be put in a leathern sack and thrown into the river, by the banks of which the people raised a shrine to his memory.*

Wu Tiian-ytl i^ TC ^ (T. -^ |^). 11th cent. A.D. An artist 2369 and colourist of the Song dynasty, papil of Ts^ui Po. He excelled in flowers, birds, and landscape. Late in life he used to sign pictures by his pupils, aod pass them oS as his own.

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Yakoob (Mahomed) ^•^:t^. A.D. 1820-1877. Commonly 2360 known as Yakoob Beg. The nom de guerre of ^ ^ ^ An Ghi-yen , son of the Eazi of Eurama in Ehokand. He called himself $ft\ ^ "fj^ ^ 1 ^^^ ^^ ^^^ known as "^ IpQ S • He began life as a lieutenant of Buzurg Ehan, son of the famous Jehangir, Eojeh of Ehokand, and he held Ak Muqid irom 1847 until 1853 when he was driven out by the Russians. In 1860 he was appointed Governor of Eurama, but had to flee for a time to Bokhara, owing to a conspiracy against the ruler of Ehokand in which he engaged. At the end of 1864 he was sent as Commander-in-chief with Buzurg Ehan to attempt to recover the sovereignty of Eashgar, which had thrown off the Chinese yoke. Buzurg proved to be a worthless debauchee and was deposed in 1866, and in spite of the opposition of the Dunganis and Eirghiz, Yakoob became ruler of Eashgar, of which country he proclaimed himself Ehan in 1874. He professed himself the champion of Islam, and received from the Ameer of Bokhara the title of Atalik Ghazi, or Champion Father. His strict enforcement of the Eoran and the heavy taxes which he was compelled to levy made him unpopular, although himself an example of strict