Khotan, called locally ILCHI, a city and district of eastern Turkestan, lying at the northern base of the Kuen-Lun Mountains, and only six miles from the desert. The district is rich in gold and jade, manufactures silk, and exports silk stuff, carpets, and jade ware. Pop. of city, 40,000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 422
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