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 Performed in the Year 1863J. Murray, 1864 - 443 páginas |
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... latter only external -Influence of Mollahs - Construction of Nomad Tents- Alaman , how conducted Persian Cowardice - Turkoman Poets Troubadours - Simple Marriage Ceremonies - Horses -Mounds , how and when formed - Mourning for Dead ...
... latter only external -Influence of Mollahs - Construction of Nomad Tents- Alaman , how conducted Persian Cowardice - Turkoman Poets Troubadours - Simple Marriage Ceremonies - Horses -Mounds , how and when formed - Mourning for Dead ...
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... latter the absence of these quali ties is more than compensated by an integrity and an honourable frankness not possessed by his rival . The Persian can boast a poetic organisation and an ancient civilisation . The superiority of the ...
... latter the absence of these quali ties is more than compensated by an integrity and an honourable frankness not possessed by his rival . The Persian can boast a poetic organisation and an ancient civilisation . The superiority of the ...
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... latter had broken his fealty to him , and had placed himself under the suzerainty of the Shah of Persia . Our European papers seemed to me to exaggerate the whole matter , and the story failed to excite in me the apprehensions it really ...
... latter had broken his fealty to him , and had placed himself under the suzerainty of the Shah of Persia . Our European papers seemed to me to exaggerate the whole matter , and the story failed to excite in me the apprehensions it really ...
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... latter was not always attainable , and now , through me , they found a ready means of obtaining their obolus , or the satisfaction of their other wishes . It was thus that in the morning of the 20th March four Hadjis came to me with the ...
... latter was not always attainable , and now , through me , they found a ready means of obtaining their obolus , or the satisfaction of their other wishes . It was thus that in the morning of the 20th March four Hadjis came to me with the ...
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... latter , who never ceased repeating ' Hadji Reshid ( my name amongst my companions ) is a genuine Dervish ; one can make anything out of him . ' After a rather long day's march , on the fourth day we reached Firuzkuh , which lies rather ...
... latter , who never ceased repeating ' Hadji Reshid ( my name amongst my companions ) is a genuine Dervish ; one can make anything out of him . ' After a rather long day's march , on the fourth day we reached Firuzkuh , which lies rather ...
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Afghans amongst ancient Andkhuy arrived asses bank bazaar Bokhara Bokhariot bread camels Central Asia chief Chinese civilisation companions Constantinople Dervish desert distance district Djemshidi Dost Mohammed Dost Mohammed Khan Efendi Emir Emir of Bokhara encamped Etrek European eyes Frenghis friends frontiers Göklen Gömüshtepe Hadji Bilal Hadji Salih heard Herat horses inhabitants Islam journey karavan karavanserai Karshi Kashgar Kerki Kervanbashi Khanat Khandjan Khiva Khodja Khodjend Khokand Khudayar Khan Kiptchak Kirghis Kizil Koran Kulkhan Kungrat latter Maymene Mecca Medresse Mehemmed Mehter Merv miles Mollah morning mosque mountain Murgab Musselman night nomads obliged Oxus Özbegs passed Persian present prince reached regarded religion respect route ruins Russian Samarcand Sarik Shah side slaves spite station Sultan Sunnite surprised Tadjiks Tartars Teheran Tekke Tenghe tents Tilla Timour tion tomb travellers tribe Turkestan Turkish Turko Turkomans whilst whole Yenghi Yomuts