Travels in Central Asia Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand

Rivalry between England and Russia in Central Asia I heard in England, on my return, affirmed to be an absurdity. 'Let us,' it was said, 'hear no more of a question so long ago...

THUNDER GAZELLES AND WILD ASSES ARRIVAL AT THE PLATEAU KAFTANKIR ANCIENT BED OF OXUS FRIENDLY ENCAMPMENT APPROACH OF HORSEMEN GAZAVAT ENTRY INTO KHIVA MALICIOUS CHARGE BY AFGHAN...

BOKHARA RECEPTION AT THE TEKKIE, THE CHIEF NEST OF ISLAMISM RAHMET BI BAZAARS BAHA-ED-DIN, GREAT SAINT OF TURKESTAN SPIES SET UPON AUTHOR FATE OF RECENT TRAVELLERS IN BOKHARA BO...

KHIVA, THE CAPITAL PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, GATES, AND QUARTERS OF THE CITY BAZAARS MOSQUES MEDRESSE OR COLLEGES; HOW FOUNDED, ORGANISED, AND ENDOWED POLICE KHAN AND HIS GOVERNMENT...

MAYMENE ITS POLITICAL POSITION AND IMPORTANCE REIGNING PRINCE RIVALRY OF BOKHARA AND KABUL DOST MOHAMMED KHAN ISHAN EYUB AND MOLLAH KHALMURAD KHANAT AND FORTRESS OF MAYMENE ESCA...

KERVANBASHI INSISTS THAT AUTHOR SHOULD TAKE NO NOTES EID MEHEMMED AND HIS BROTHER'S NOBLE CONDUCT GUIDE LOSES HIS WAY KÖRENTAGHI, ANCIENT RUINS, PROBABLY GREEK LITTLE AND GREAT...

BOKHARA TO SAMARCAND LITTLE DESERT OF CHÖL MELIK ANIMATION OF ROAD OWING TO WAR FIRST VIEW OF SAMARCAND HASZRETI SHAH ZINDE MOSQUE OF TIMOUR CITADEL (ARK) RECEPTION HALL OF TIMO...

FROM KHIVA TO BOKHARA. DEPARTURE FROM KHIVA FOR BOKHARA FERRY ACROSS THE OXUS GREAT HEAT SHURAKHAN MARKET SINGULAR DIALOGUE WITH KIRGHIS WOMAN ON NOMADIC LIFE TÜNÜKLÜ ALAMAN OF...

SAMARCAND TO KARSHI THROUGH DESERT NOMADS KARSHI, THE ANCIENT NAKHSEB TRADE AND MANUFACTURE KERKI OXUS AUTHOR CHARGED WITH BEING RUNAWAY SLAVE ERSARI TURKOMANS MEZARI SHERIF BEL...

BOUNDARIES AND DIVISION OF TRIBES NEITHER RULERS NOR SUBJECTS DEB ISLAM CHANGE INTRODUCED BY THE LATTER ONLY EXTERNAL INFLUENCE OF MOLLAHS CONSTRUCTION OF NOMAD TENTS ALAMAN, HO...

DEPARTURE FROM GÖMÜSHTEPE CHARACTER OF OUR LATE HOST TURKOMAN MOUNDS OR TOMBS DISAGREEABLE ADVENTURE WITH WILD BOARS PLATEAU TO THE NORTH OF GÖMÜSHTEPE NOMAD HABITS TURKOMAN HOS...

ARRIVAL AT GÖMÜSHTEPE, HOSPITABLE RECEPTION OF THE HADJIS KHANDJAN ANCIENT GREEK WALL INFLUENCE OF THE ULEMAS FIRST BRICK MOSQUE OF THE NOMADS TARTAR RAIDS PERSIAN SLAVES EXCURS...

HERAT ITS RUINOUS STATE BAZAAR AUTHOR'S DESTITUTE CONDITION THE SERDAR MEHEMMED YAKOUB KHAN PARADE OF AFGHAN TROOPS INTERVIEW WITH SERDAR CONDUCT OF AFGHANS ON STORMING HERAT NA...

Khokand, or Fergana as the ancients style it, is bounded on the east by Chinese Tartary, on the west by Bokhara and the Jaxartes, on the north by the great horde of Nomads, and...

KAEATEPE AUTHOR ENTERTAINED BY AN AFGHAN, NUR-ULLAH SUSPICIONS AS TO HIS DERVISH CHARACTER HADJIS PROVISION THEMSELVES FOR JOURNEY THROUGH DESERT AFGHAN COLONY NADIR SHAH FIRST...

AUTHOR JOINS KARAVAN FOR MESHED KUHSUN, LAST AFGHAN TOWN FALSE ALARM FROM WILD ASSES DEBATABLE GROUND BETWEEN AFGHAN AND PERSIAN TERRITORY BIFURCATION OF ROUTE YUSUF KHAN HEZARE...

RETURN TO TEHERAN RELIEF OF SUNNITES, DERVISHES, AND HADJIS AT THE TURKISH EMBASSY AUTHOR BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH A KARAVAN OF TARTAR HADJIS RETURNING FROM MECCA THE DIFFERENT R...

CITY OF BOKHARA, ITS GATES, QUARTERS, MOSQUES, COLLEGES ONE FOUNDED BY CZARINA CATHERINE FOUNDED AS SEMINARIES NOT OF LEARNING BUT FANATICISM BAZAARS POLICE SYSTEM SEVERER THAN...

perceived, I might give him a cup of tea, but unluckily at the moment when he extended his hand to receive it some one entered the tent. I pretended to be only beckoning to him,...

Taken altogether, it is incredible how fertile all the cultivable land is in these three Khanats, which rise like oases out of the monstrous deserts of Central Asia. In spite of...

The traveller who journeys on during twelve days in an easterly direction from Oosh, will reach the Chinese territory at the point where stands the city of Kashgar. The way thit...

On the morning of the 28th March, 1863, at an early hour, I proceeded to our appointed rendezvous, the karavanserai. Those of my friends whose means permitted them to hire a mul...

TRAVELLING IN PERSIA SLEEP ON HORSEBACK TEHERAN RECEPTION AT THE TURKISH EMBASSY TURKEY AND PERSIA FERRUKH KHAN'S VISIT TO EUROPE WAR BETWEEN DOST MOHAMMED KHAN AND SULTAN AHMED...

From what I have said in the previous pages upon the subject of the recent history of Khiva and Khokand, one may form a tolerably good idea of the terms upon which the different...

(_b_) From Bokhara an uninterrupted correspondence--particularly active in summer--is kept up with Orenburg. This is the most usual journey, and is performed in from fifty to si...

7. Choragasi, properly Chehre agasi (the 'face-man'), so called because at the audience he stands facing the Emir. 8. Mirzabasbi (Principal Writer). 9. Yasaulbeghi and Kargaulbe...

STUDENT'S HUME. A History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688. Based on the Work by David Hume. Continued to 1858. _Twenty-fifth Thousand_, W...

Author joins Karavan for Meshed Kuhsun, last Afghan Town False Alarm from Wild Asses Debatable Ground between Afghan and Persian Territory Bifurcation of Route Yusuf Khan Hezare...

Bokhara to Samarcand Little Desert of Chöl Melik Animation of Road owing to War First View of Samarcand Haszreti Shah Zinde Mosque of Timour Citadel (Ark) Reception Hall of Timo...

Karatepe Author entertained by an Afghan, Nur-Ullah Suspicions as to his Dervish Character Hadjis provision themselves for Journey through Desert Afghan Colony Nadir Shah First...

Arrival at Gömüshtepe, hospitable Reception of the Hadjis Khandjan Ancient Greek Wall Influence of the Ulemas First Brick Mosque of the Nomads Tartar Raids Persian Slaves Excurs...

Departure from Khiva for Bokhara Ferry across the Oxus Great Heat Shurakhan Market Singular Dialogue with Kirghis Woman on Nomadic Life Tünüklü Alaman of the Tekke Karavan alarm...

Departure from Gömüshtepe Character of our late Host Turkoman Mounds or Tombs Disagreeable Adventure with Wild Boars Plateau to the North of Gömüshtepe Nomad Habits Turkoman Hos...

Boundaries and Division of Tribes Neither Rulers nor Subjects Deb Islam Change introduced by latter only external Influence of Mollahs Construction of Nomad Tents Alaman, how co...

Khiva, the Capital Principal Divisions, Gates, and Quarters of the City Bazaars Mosques Medresse or Colleges; how founded, organised, and endowed Police Khan and his Government...

Thunder Gazelles and Wild Asses Arrival at the Plateau Kaftankir Ancient Bed of Oxus Friendly Encampment Approach of Horsemen Gazavat Entry into Khiva Malicious Charge by Afghan...

Bokhara Reception at the Tekkie, the Chief Nest of Islamism Rahmet Bi Bazaars Baha-ed-din, Great Saint of Turkestan Spies set upon Author Fate of recent Travellers in Bokhara Bo...

City of Bokhara, its Gates, Quarters, Mosques, Colleges One founded by Czarina Catherine Founded as Seminaries not of Learning but Fanaticism Bazaars Police System severer than...

Return to Teheran Relief of Sunnites, Dervishes, and Hadjis at the Turkish Embassy Author becomes acquainted with a Karavan of Tartar Hadjis returning from Mecca The different R...

Herat Its Ruinous State Bazaar Author's Destitute Condition The Serdar Mehemmed Yakoub Khan Parade of Afghan Troops Interview with Serdar Conduct of Afghans on storming Herat Na...

Maymene Its Political Position and Importance Reigning Prince Rivalry of Bokhara and Kabul Dost Mohammed Khan Ishan Eyub and Mollah Khalmurad Khanat and Fortress of Maymene Esca...

Samarcand to Karshi through Desert Nomads Karshi, the Ancient Nakhseb Trade and Manufacture Kerki Oxus Author charged with being runaway Slave Ersari Turkomans Mezari Sherif Bel...

Kervanbashi insists that Author should take no Notes Eid Mehemmed and his Brother's noble Conduct Guide loses his Way Körentaghi, Ancient Ruins, probably Greek Little and Great...

Travelling in Persia Sleep on Horseback Teheran Reception at the Turkish Embassy Turkey and Persia Ferrukh Khan's Visit to Europe War between Dost Mohammed Khan and Sultan Ahmed...