A ride to Khiva, travels and adventures in central AsiaCassel Petter and Galpin, 1877 - 403 páginas |
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Alexandrovsk Ameer of Bokhara Amou Darya animals arms arrived Astrabad Balkh bank Bektchourin Bokhara camel-driver camels caravan carried Central Asia cold Colonel Ivanoff command Cossacks Cross despatch detachment district Emperor England English expedition eyes feet fire force frontier frozen Government Governor-General ground Herat Hilly Hodjent horses India inhabitants inquired journey Kasala Kashgar Kauffmann Khan Khan's khanate Khiva kibitka Kipchak Kirghiz Kokan Krasnovodsk Kryjinovsky Kulja lake latter looked ment merchants Merve miles military moullah mountains Nazar Orenburg Orsk Oxus party passed Petersburg Petro-Alexandrovsk pounds remarked river road rode roubles route RUSSIAN ADVANCE EASTWARD Russian officers saddle Samarcand Sea of Aral sent servant sheep sheepskin side sleigh snow sotnias station steppe Syr Darya Tartar Tashkent Tchernayeff town traveller troops Turkistan Turkomans Tzar Tzar's Uralsk valley versts village whilst winter wish Yomud
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