PART II.
CHAPTER XVI.--Page [301]
THE TURKOMANS.
| Boundaries and Division of Tribes |
| Neither Rulers nor Subjects |
| Deb |
| Islam |
| Change introduced by 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 |
| Turkoman Descent |
| General Points connected with the History of the Turkomans |
| Their present Political and Geographical Importance. |
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CHAPTER XVII.--Page [329]
THE CITY OF KHIVA.
| Khiva, the Capital |
| Principal Divisions, Gates, and Quarters of the City |
| Bazaars |
| Mosques |
| Medresse or Colleges; how founded, organised, and endowed |
| Police |
| Khan and his Government |
| Taxes |
| Tribunals |
| Khanat |
| Canals |
| Political Divisions |
| Produce |
| Manufactures and Trade |
| Particular Routes |
| Khanat, how peopled |
| Ozbegs |
| Turkomans |
| Karakalpak |
| Kasak (Kirghis) |
| Sart |
| Persians |
| History of Khiva in Fifteenth Century |
| Khans and their Genealogy. |
CHAPTER XVIII.--Page [362]
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. |
CHAPTER XIX.--Page [380]
KHANAT OF KHOKAND.
| Inhabitants |
| Division |
| Khokand Tashkend |
| Khodjend |
| Morgolan Endidjan |
| Hazreti Turkestana |
| Oosh |
| Political Position |
| Recent Wars. |
CHAPTER XX.--Page [397]
CHINESE TARTARY.
| Approach from West |
| Administration |
| Inhabitants--Cities. |
CHAPTER XXI.--Page [407]
| Communication of Central Asia with Russia, Persia, and India |
| Routes in the three Khanats and Chinese Tartary. |
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CHAPTER XXII.--Page [419]
GENERAL VIEW OF AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND TRADE.
| Agriculture |
| Different kinds of Horses |
| Sheep |
| Camels |
| Asses |
| Manufactures, Principal Seats of Trade |
| Commercial Ascendancy of Russia in Central Asia. |
CHAPTER XXIII.--Page [430]
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA.
| Internal Relations between Bokhara, Khiva, and Khokand |
| External Relations with Turkey, Persia, China, and Russia. |
CHAPTER XXIV.--Page [439]
THE RIVALRY OF THE RUSSIANS AND ENGLISH IN CENTRAL ASIA.
| Attitude of Russia and England towards Central Asia |
| Progress of Russia on the Jaxartes. |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Dervishes at Bokhara | [Frontispiece] |
| Reception by Turkoman Chief on the Caspian Shore | [45] |
| Intruding upon the Haunts of the Wild Boar | [72] |
| Wild Man in the Desert | [108] |
| Receiving Payment for Human Heads--Khiva | [140] |
| The Ferry across the Oxus | [149] |
| Tebbad--Sand Storm in the Desert | [161] |
| Entry of the Emir into Samarcand | [216] |
| 'I swear you are an Englishman!' | [278] |
| Tent in Central Asia | [316] |
| Tartar Horse Race--Pursuit of a Bride (Kokburi) | [323] |
| Market on Horseback--Amongst the Özbegs | [345] |
| Map of Central Asia, showing Author's Route | [At the end] |