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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THE CITY OF KHIVA.

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 Taxes Tribunals Khanat Canals Political Divisions Produce Manufactures and Trade Particular Routes Khanat, how peopled Ozbegs Turkomans Karakalpak Kasak (Kirghis) Sart Persians History of Khiva in Fifteenth Century Khans and their Genealogy.