Sketches of Central Asia

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Author

Vámbéry, Ármin, 1832-1913

Title

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) Additional chapters on my travels, adventures, and on the ethnology of Central Asia

Credits

Produced by Albert László and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Subject

Asia, Central -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43795

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43795

Release Date

September 22, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SKETCHES OF CENTRAL ASIA.
2. 2.ARMINIUS VÁMBÉRY,
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — DERVISHES AND HADJIS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — RECOLLECTIONS OF MY DERVISH LIFE. — I. — II. — III.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — AMONGST THE TURKOMANS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE CARAVAN IN THE DESERT.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE TENT AND ITS INHABITANTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE COURT OF KHIVA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — JOY AND SORROW. — 1. Birth. — 2. Marriage. — 3. Death.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — HOUSE, FOOD, AND DRESS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — FROM KHIVA To KUNGRAT AND BACK.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — MY TARTAR.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE ROUND OF LIFE IN BOKHARA.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — BOKHARA, THE HEAD QUARTERS OF MOHAMMEDANISM.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVE LIFE IN CENTRAL ASIA.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — PRODUCTIVE POWER OF THE THREE OASIS COUNTRIES OF TURKESTAN. — 1. The Vegetable Kingdom. — 2. The Animal Kingdom. — 3. Mineral Kingdom.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF BOKHARA. — Bokhara, i.e. , its Environs. — Bokhara, the Capital. — The Environs of Bokhara. — Queen Khatun and the Four First Arabian Field Marshals. [35] — Tugshade and Mokanna, the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — ETHNOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE TURANIAN AND IRANIAN RACES OF CENTRAL ASIA. — THE TURKS OF EASTERN ASIA.—PHYSIOGNOMY AND CUSTOMS. — Buruts. — The Kirghis. — 3. Karakalpaks. — 4. The Turkomans. — Œzbegs. — Character.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — IRANIANS. — East Iranians. — 1. Sigistani or Khafi; — Tchihar Aymak. [51] — Tadjiks.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — LITERATURE IN CENTRAL ASIA. — " Ahmed and Yusuf ," — Demands of Yusuf from Guzel Shah. — Allah Yar. — Revnak. — Meshref. — Fuzuli. — Nesimi. — Nevai. — Nevai. — The Tale of Kugaul. [57]
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — RIVALRY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN CENTRAL ASIA. — 1. Russian Conquests in Central Asia during the last three years. — 2. Russia's Future Policy. — 3. Russia's Views on India; and English Optimists. — 4. Russian Gains and the Disadvantages Of English Policy. — 5. Advice to England for the Purpose Of Averting the Danger. — 6. The General Interests of the Question. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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