LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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GŪR AMĪR, THE MAUSOLEUM OF TAMERLANE (VERESTCHAGIN)[Frontispiece]
SO-CALLED SARCOPHAGUS OF ALEXANDER IN CONSTANTINOPLE(photograph)[9]
THE RAHLA, OR READING DESK, OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE OF BĪBĪ KHĀNŪM, SAMARKAND(photograph)[38]
CENTRAL ASIAN TYPES(VERESTCHAGIN)[47]
GENERAL VIEW OF BOKHĀRĀ(photograph)[66]
RELIGIOUS MENDICANT, BOKHĀRĀ(VERESTCHAGIN)[92]
A JEWISH CHILD OF BOKHĀRĀ(photograph)[106]
CENTRAL ASIAN TYPES(VERESTCHAGIN)[124]
CENTRAL ASIAN TYPES[126]
MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN SANJAR, OLD MERV(photograph)[138]
NOMADS CHANGING CAMP(VERESTCHAGIN)[151]
DERVISHES OF THE NAKSHABANDI ORDER[170]
INTERIOR OF TAMERLANE’S MAUSOLEUM(photograph)[172]
THE TOMB OF TAMERLANE[172]
INTERIOR OF A KIRGHIZ TENT(VERESTCHAGIN)[183]
DECORATIONS IN THE SHĀH ZINDA, SAMARKAND(photograph)[192]
COURTYARD OF A HOUSE IN SAMARKAND[212]
ENTRANCE TO THE SHĀH ZINDA, SAMARKAND[235]
THE SEA OF SAND IN THE KARA-KUM DESERT (1)[263]
THE SEA OF SAND IN THE KARA-KUM DESERT (2)[263]
TURKOMAN MUSICIANS[283]
VIEW FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE FORT OF GEOK TEPPE(photograph)[292]
DIVANIS, OR DERVISHES(VERESTCHAGIN)[307]
GENERAL KURAPATKINE(photograph)[323]
A GROUP OF TURKOMANS AT ASKABAD STATION[345]
RUINS OF OLD MERV[353]
HINDUS OF BOKHĀRĀ[367]
THE MINĀR KALĀN AT BOKHĀRĀ[374]
PRISONERS OF THE AMĪR OF BOKHĀRĀ[376]
A BOKHĀRĀ BEAUTY AND HER TWO CHILDREN[382]
SHĪR DĀR MADRASA, SAMARKAND[390]
THE BĪBĪ KHĀNŪM[392]
THE MARKET NEAR BĪBĪ KHĀNŪM, SAMARKAND[398]
BAZAAR POLITICS(VERESTCHAGIN)[414]
MAPS
THE ADVANCE OF RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA[257]
CENTRAL ASIA[428]