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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 Timour Köktash or Timour's Throne Singular Footstool Timour's Sepulchre and that of his Preceptor Author visits the actual Tomb of Timour in the Souterrain Folio Koran ascribed to Osman, Mohammed's Secretary Colleges Ancient Observatory Greek Armenian Library not, as pretended, carried off by Timour Architecture of Public Buildings not Chinese but Persian Modern Samarcand Its Population Dehbid Author decides to return Arrival of Emir Author's Interview with him Parting from the Hadjis, and Departure from Samarcand.