CHAPTER XII.

Samarcand to Karshi through the Desert.-Nomads.-Karshi,

the ancient Nakhseb.-Trade and Manufacture.-Kerki.-

The Oxus.-The Author charged with being a runaway Slave.

-Ersari Turkomans.-Mezari Sherif.-Balkh.-Author joins

a Caravan from Bokhara.- Slavery. -Zeïd. - Andkhuy.—

Yeketut.-Khairabad.-Maymene.-Akkale...... Page 262

CHAPTER XIII.

Maymene.—Its Political Position and Importance. - Reigning

Prince. Rivalry of Bokhara and Kabul.-Dost Mohammed.

Khan.-Ishan Eyub and Mollah Khalmurad.-Khanat and

Fortress of Maymene.-Escaped Russian Offenders.-Murgab

River and Bala Murgab.-Djemshidi and Afghan.-Ruinous

Taxes on Merchandise.-Kalè No.-Hezare.-Afghan Exac-

tions and Maladministration.....
286

CHAPTER XIV.

HERAT.

Herat its ruinous State.-Bazar.-Author's Destitute Condi-

tion. The Serdar Mehemmed Yakoub Khan.-Parade of Af-

ghan Troops.-Interview with the Serdar.-Conduct of Af-

ghans on storming Herat.-Nazir Naim, the Vizir.-Embar-

rassed State of the Revenue. -Major Todd. - Mosalla, and

Tomb of Sultan Husein Mirza.-Tomb of Khodja Abdullah

Ansari and of Dost Mohammed Khan....

CHAPTER XV.

FROM HERAT TO LONDON.

313

Author joins a Caravan for Meshed.-Kuhsun, last Afghan Town.

-False Alarm from Wild Asses.-Debatable Ground between

Afghan and Persian Territory.-Bifurcation of Route.-Yusuf

Khan Hezareh.-Ferimon.-Colonel Dolmage.-Prince Sultan

Murad Mirza.—Author avows who he is to the Serdar of He-

rat.-Shahrud.-Teheran, and Welcome there by the Turkish

Chargé d'Affaires, Ismael Effendi.-Kind Reception by Mr.

Alison and the English Embassy.-Interview with the Shah.

-The Kavvan ud Dowlet and the Defeat at Merv.-Return

by Trebizonde and Constantinople to Pesth.-Author leaves

the Khiva Mollah behind him at Pesth and proceeds to Lon-

don.-His Welcome in the last-named City....... Page 332

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PART II.

CHAPTER XVI.

THE TURKOMANS.

Boundaries and Division of Tribes.-Neither Rulers nor Sub-

jects.-Deb.-Islam.-Change introduced by the latter only

external.-Influence of Mollahs.- Construction of Nomad

Tents. Alaman, how conducted.-Persian Cowardice.-Turk-

oman Poets.-Troubadours.-Simple Marriage Ceremonies.—

Horses.-Mounds, how and when formed.-Mourning for the

Dead.-Turkoman Descent.-General Points connected with

the History of the Turkomans.-Their present Political and

Geographical Importance...

CHAPTER XVII.

THE CITY OF KHIVA.

347

Khiva, the Capital.-Principal Divisions, Gates, and Quarters of

the City. - Bazars.-Mosques.-Medresse or Colleges; how

founded, organized, and endowed. - Police. - Khan and his

Government. Taxes.-Tribunals.-Khanat.-Canals.-Polit-

ical Divisions.-Produce.-Manufactures and Trade.-Partic-

ular Routes. — Khanat, how peopled.-Özbegs.-Turkomans.

-Karakalpak.-Kasak (Kirghis).-Sart.-Persians.-History

of Khiva in the Fifteenth Century.-Khans and their Gene-

alogy.....
378

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE CITY OF BOKHARA.

City of Bokhara, its Gates, Quarters, Mosques, Colleges. —One

founded by Czarina Catharine.-Founded as Seminaries, not

of Learning, but Fanaticism.-Bazars.-Police System severer

than elsewhere in Asia.-The Khanat of Bokhara.-Inhabi-

tants: Özbegs, Tadjiks, Kirghis, Arabs, Mervi, Persians, Hin-

doos, Jews.-Government.-Different Officials.-Political Di-

visions.-Army.-Summary of History of Bokhara Page 413

Inhabitants.

CHAPTER XIX.

KHANAT OF KHOKAND.

Division. Khokand Tashkend.

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Khodjend.-

431

Mergolan Endidjan.— Hazreti Turkestana.-Oosh.-Political

Position. Recent Wars.....

Communication of Central Asia with Russia, Persia, and India.

-Routes in the three Khanats and Chinese Tartary.... 458

CHAPTER XXII.

GENERAL VIEW OF AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND TRADE.

Agriculture. Different kinds of Horses.-Sheep.-Camels.-

Asses.-Manufactures, principal Seats of Trade.-Commercial

Ascendency of Russia in Central Asia....

CHAPTER XXIII.

469

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS OF CENTRAL

ASIA.

Internal Relations between Bokhara, Khiva, and Khokand.-Ex-

ternal Relations with Turkey, Persia, China, and Russia. 480

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE RIVALRY OF THE RUSSIANS AND ENGLISH IN CENTRAL ASIA.

Attitude of Russia and England toward Central Asia.-Progress

of Russia on the Jaxartes...

489

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

DERVISHES AT BOKHARA.....

Frontispiece.

RECEPTION BY TURKOMAN CHIEF ON THE CASPIAN SHORE 66 INTRUDING UPON THE HAUNTS OF THE WILD BOAR......

97

WILD MAN IN THE DESERT...

137

RECEIVING PAYMENT FOR HUMAN HEADS-Kнiva.............. 172

TARTAR HORSE-RACE-PURSUIT of a Bride (Kökbüri).. 371 MARKET ON HORSEBACK-AMONG THE ÖZBEGS..

395

MAP OF CENTRAL ASIA, SHOWING AUTHOR'S ROUTE At the end. B