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 BOKHARA.

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 elsewhere in Asia The Khanat of Bokhara Inhabitants: Ozbegs, Tadjiks, Kirghis, Arabs, Mervi, Persians, Hindoos, Jews Government Different Officials Political Divisions Army Summary of the History of Bokhara.