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

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HERAT.

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 Nazir Naim the Vizir Embarrassed State of Revenue Major Todd Mosalla, and Tomb of Sultan Husein Mirza Tomb of Khodja Abdullah Ansari, and of Dost Mohammed Khan.