Note 49 — Chapter VIII · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM AMONG THE MONGOLS AND TATARS.
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Even such drastic measures were ineffectual in bringing about a general acceptance of Islam, for as late as at the close of the following century,49 a dervish named Isḥāq Walī found scope for his proselytising activities in Kāshgar, Yārkand and Khotan, where he spent twelve years in spreading the faith;50 he also worked among the Kirghiz and Kazaks, from among whom he made 180 converts and destroyed eighteen temples of idols.51