Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-26
ONCE RICH RULER
OF MOHAlIhlEDANS
LEFT ENNILESS

Moscow-Robbed, ragged, starving
and forgotten in the big concentration
camp OF P~okrowsky, a few miles dis.
ta1t from this city, Is the fate OF the
HevdiAr, Khan OF Khiva, who, until
a few months ago, was one OF the
richest Of tho MoiiAmmedan ruler. Of
Central Asia As he 10 nearly 50 years
old, he may die there.
Heydiar. successor to TAmerlAne the
Great and Genghis Khan,.FwIlo ruled
from China to Germany insthe Middle
Ages. II a pure blooded'sUseb Turk
to whom the sultan Of Turkey is a
mere modern upatart. He has been
brought to his present plight through
the revolutions engineered by the
Moscow Soviet in Russian Turkestan,
aided by Enver Pasha, recently de-
nouncedsaby MuAaphA Renal. F'asha
as the arbitrator OF Turkey. d
Russians Hated.
/ The treatment Of the Khan Of
khfva snot yet widely known by peo-
pie oftstthe Mohammedan world. is
expected in time to Widen The rift that
hAs..tonE threatened between he1Rus-
sian Soviet and the Mohammedans Of
India and tne old Turkish dorninions.
The Russians ave long been hated
for their conquest Of khiva, Bokhura,
and the rest OF the territory known
for the past so years as Russian
Turkee1an.
For two centuries the Russians tried
in vain to conquer these warlike pco-
pies and only in 1873 vas khiva
hulnbled nj it's khars made subject
princes OF Russia. But they retained
their religious influence and their
vast wealth and when they came to
the Russian imperial court at Petro-
grad, their presents in gold and Jewels
surpassed easily the treasures Of that
gorgeous court.
For the past two years the Sovie:
influence has been slowly Tightening
It's hold on old Russian Turkestan,
under General Doutoff, >aided by 1907
600 German war prisoners First. a
Soviet revolutionary committee was
formed at Tashkent,; after the ap-
proved Bolshevik manner, n later
at Bokhara, and, finally at KhiEa.
! These. committees in turn gave way
to the formation OF Soviet republics a.
in 1sa:lu and Tifiis. at thc;point Of the
Red army's bayonct. -. ! r&
The Emir OF Rokhara. was reduced
to a figure head. though still held
as q possible religious successor to The
sultan OF Turkey.
Hevdiar Unscatcd.
Hevdiar was unseatsd in his rule By
the new order but when his advisers
showed him how the palace walls
we're falling about him, he got to,
gether the choicest Of his inherited
Jewels, his %iavovttc wives. a large
stock of his royal robes, together with
400 pounds avoirdupois/of solid gold
ordered'a train at BOkhara and start.
ed overland to reach it. AT the depo1
in Bokhara,, the. Cheka, or secret pc.
lice swooped down Upon him. robbed
him Of his wives, his jewels n gold
and made him a prisoner, together
with his 20-year-old son n heir ap'
parent.
Both were put aboard the train; un'
der heavy guard and sen to Moscow
to the old convent prison OF Pok
rowsky, where they have since been
With heavy white beard. the khat
maintains his proud bearing n Still
looks the part of a great ruler in OK
lie. Silent and accomplishing. aftel
the manner OF his people, he some
times attends the concerts organized
i for the prisoners.
In answer TO his request to the SO
Wet Khiva. Mission for food, he Wa
4 sent exactly pound Of bread.
1T is the will of Allah" said TIL
Khan when the bread came. His sol
he's Jared somewhat better. He doe
odd Jobs. such as scrubbins floors, 70
the more fortunate prisoners who's
friends, send them food. and in thi
way keeps soul and body together: