CONTENTS

[PART I]
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION
CHAP. PAGE
I.EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER[3]
II.BACTRIANS AND PARTHIANS[10]
III.THE HUNS AND THE YUÉ-CHI[14]
IV.THE SĀSĀNIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS[22]
V.THE RISE OF ISLAM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS[34]
VI.THE FIRST EASTERN CAMPAIGNS OF KUTAYBA IBN MUSLIM[45]
VII.KUTAYBA’S LAST CAMPAIGNS[56]
VIII.KUTAYBA’S FALL AND DEATH[63]
IX.KUTAYBA’S SUCCESSORS[67]
X.NASR IBN SAYYĀR AND ABŪ MUSLIM[77]
XI.KHORĀSĀN UNDER THE FIRST ABBĀSIDS[84]
XII.THE CALIPHATES OF EL-MANSŪR, EL-HĀDI, AND HĀRŪN ER-RASHĪD[90]
XIII.DECLINE OF THE CALIPHS’ AUTHORITY IN KHORĀSĀN. THE TĀHIRIDES[98]
XIV.THE SAFFĀRIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SĀMĀNIDES[103]
XV.THE SĀMĀNIDES[109]
XVI.THE KARA-KHĀNIDES, OR UÏGHŪRS[114]
XVII.THE GHAZNAVIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SELJŪKS[123]
XVIII.THE SELJŪKS[129]
XIX.SULTAN SANJAR AND THE KARA-KHITĀYS[136]
XX.THE KHWĀRAZM-SHĀHS[144]
XXI.CHINGIZ KHĀN[149]
XXII.MONGOL INVASION OF CENTRAL ASIA[155]
XXIII.THE LINE OF CHAGHATĀY[160]
XXIV.TĪMŪR, THE GREAT AMĪR[165]
XXV.THE SUCCESSORS OF TĪMŪR[173]
XXVI.THE SHAYBĀNIDES[182]
XXVII.THE HOUSE OF ASTRAKHAN[194]
XXVIII.THE HOUSE OF MANGIT[204]
XXIX.AMĪR NASRULLAH, A BOKHĀRAN NERO[211]
[PART II]
RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA
I.THE MAKING OF RUSSIA[225]
II.CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF ASIA[238]
III.THE STRUGGLE WITH THE KHĀNATES[250]
IV.TURKOMANIA AND THE TURKOMANS[262]
V.THE LAST STEP IN ADVANCE[284]
VI.THE CENTRAL ASIAN RAILWAYS[306]
VII.TRANSCASPIA IN 1898[320]
VIII.ASKABAD AND MERV[340]
IX.BOKHĀRĀ, A PROTECTED NATIVE STATE[357]
X.SAMARKAND[386]
XI.FRIENDS OR FOES?[408]
APPENDIX I[417]
APPENDIX II[424]
INDEX[429]