And including all Parliamentary, Consular, and other official publications, the files of The Times, Morning Post, Standard, Daily Chronicle in England; and The Pioneer, Times of India, and Indian Daily News in India; besides the more prominent Continental organs.

Royal Societies Club, St. James’s
June 1, 1906.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. The Orenburg-Tashkent Railway [1]
II. The Khanate of Bokhara, the Province of Samarkand,the Districts of Tashkent and Merv [25]
III. From Tashkent to Merv [58]
IV. The Northern Border and the Oxus River: itsCharacter, Tributaries and Fords [81]
V. The Murghab Valley Railway [110]
VI. The Murghab Valley [131]
VII. Herat and the Western Border [147]
VIII. Kandahar [178]
IX. Seistan and the McMahon Mission [211]
X. Provinces and District Centres, Ethnographical and Orological Distribution [242]
XI. Administration, Laws and Revenue [269]
XII. Trade: Industries and Products [288]
XIII. Army, Forts and Communications [308]
XIV. Kabul: its Palaces and Court Life [342]
XV. Kabul and its Bazaars [376]
XVI. Anglo-Afghan Relations [400]
XVII. Anglo-Afghan Relations (continued) [427]

APPENDICES
I. Names of Stations on the Orenburg-Tashkent Railway [461]
II. (A) List of Stations from Tashkent to Merv, with Distances from Krasnovodsk and Tashkent [463]
II. (B) Murghab Valley Railway: List of Stations from Merv to Kushkinski Post, with Distances from Krasnovodsk and Merv [464]
III. Table of Measurements [465]
IV. The Treaty of Gandamak, etc. etc. [466]
V. Time Tables of the Oxus Flotilla [519]
VI. Return of Articles Exported from Russia to Khorassan during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904, compared with 1900-03 [522]
VII. Return of Articles Exported from Khorassan to Russia during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904, compared with 1900-03 [526]
VIII. Return of Articles Exported from Afghanistan to Khorassan and Seistan during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904, compared with 1900-03 [529]
IX. Return of Articles Exported from Khorassan and Seistan to Afghanistan during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904, compared with 1900-03 [531]
X. Return of Articles Exported from India to Khorassan viâ the Seistan Route during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904 [534]
XI. Return of Articles Exported from Khorassan to India viâ the Seistan Route during the Period March 21, 1903, to March 20, 1904 [535]
XII. Trade Value of the Seistan Route compared with Competing Routes [536]
XIII. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Japan [537]
XIV. Chronological Sketch of Afghan History [540]
Index [547]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Frontispiece]
Market-cart, Orenburg [1]
Tomb in the Market-place, Samarkand [3]
Palace of the Governor, Baku [5]
The Picturesque Camel [6]
The Shir Dar Medresse, Samarkand [7]
On the Road in Asia [9]
Kirghiz Elders [17]
Kirghiz Women [19]
Native Quarter, Tashkent [21]
Shir Dar, Samarkand [25]
The Amir of Bokhara on Palace Steps [27]
The Gates of Bokhara [31]
The Prison, Bokhara [35]
The Minar Kalan, Bokhara [36]
The Ark, Bokhara [37]
The Tomb of Tamerlane, Samarkand [41]
Samarkand—the Hour of Prayer [44]
Samarkand—a Bird’s-eye View [45]
Sobornaya Boulevard in Tashkent [47]
Bazaar Scene [51]
Breaking Camp on Manœuvres, Tashkent [53]
Native Quarter, Tashkent [58]
Koran Stand, Samarkand [58]
Peasants from the Golodnaya Steppe [60]
The Column of Tamerlane, Samarkand [63]
The Registan, Samarkand [65]
Throne-Room—Palace of the Amir of Bokhara [68]
Amir’s Palace, Bokhara [70]
The Dervishes of Bokhara [72]
The Kara Kum—Black Sands [76]
Mosque at Bairam Ali [77]
The Gur Amir [78]
The Military Quarter, Merv [80]
The Amu Daria Bridge [81]
Near the Source of the Oxus [83]
The Valley of the Oxus [83]
Beside the Oxus [87]
The Wakhan Valley [87]
Type from Wakhan [89]
Bridge over the Upper Oxus [90]
Difficult Going [92]
Village on the Lower Oxus [95]
Petro Alexandrovsk [99]
Native Church at Khiva [101]
Temple on the Banks of the Oxus [103]
The Shrine of Hazrat Ali [105]
Village on the Middle Oxus [107]
Street Scene, Andijan [110]
A Notable Gathering [113]
On the Central Asian Railway [115]
School Children [118]
Hindu Traders at Pendjeh [120]
Native Water-Sellers [123]
Khorassan Dervish [125]
The Murghab Valley Railway [127]
Native School [130]
The Russian Cossack on the Afghan Border [131]
Tamarisk Scrub in the River Valley [133]
Bokharan Traders at Pendjeh [139]
The Russo-Afghan Boundary [141]
Meshed Traders at Pendjeh [143]
Gandamak Bridge, where the Famous Treaty was signed [151]
Plan of Herat [153]
A Street Shrine [155]
The Irak Gate [159]
Herat Citadel [163]
Kitchen in Native House [165]
Household Utensils [167]
A Caravansary Compound [170]
Religious Festival on the Perso-Afghan Border [171]
Afghan Post at Kala Panja [175]
A Water Seller [177]
Typical Street Scene [180]
Crossing the Helmund River [183]
Constructing the Quetta-Nushki Line [188]
Plan of Kandahar [191]
The Walls of Kandahar [195]
Always a popular and central Meeting-place [199]
Typical Street Scenes [207]
Carrying Cotton to Market [210]
Camel Bazaar, Nasratabad [212]
Lakeside Dwellers [214]
The Native Staff attached to the Mission [215]
Officers of the McMahon Mission [217]
Baluchistan Camel Corps [220]
Baluchi Chiefs who accompanied Colonel McMahon [221]
Gates at Nasratabad [224]
The Walls at Nasratabad [225]
Bazaar Scene, Nasratabad [227]
Dâk Bungalow on the Nushki Route [236]
Infantry with the Persian Commissioner [238]
The Persian Commissioner [240]
A Caravan of Pack-Ponies [242]
Women pounding Grain [245]
A Baluchi Shepherd [248]
Elders from Wakhan [251]
Kasi Khoda da of Ishkashim [261]
Children from the Upper Oxus [265]
A Mountain Village [268]
Entrance to Amir’s Pavilion at Jelalabad [269]
Tomb of the Emperor Baber near Kabul [272]
Spinning Cotton [275]
A Customs Station in the Plains [285]
Abdur Rahman’s Memorial to the Soldiers who fell in the War of 1878-1880 [287]
Caravan of Wool and Cotton [288]
Cotton Fields under Irrigation from the Amu Daria [299]
Across the Passes [307]
Typical Afghan Fortress [310]
Picket of the Household Troops [313]
Troop of Cavalry [315]
Men of the Amir’s Bodyguard [317]
Infantry in Parade State [319]
Patrols of Household Troops [322]
Infantry on the March [325]
Miss Brown, Physician to the Amir’s Harem [342]
Winter Palace of the Amir [348]
Amir’s Summer Residence—Indikki Palace [351]
Major Cleveland, I.M.S. Physician to the Amir of Afghanistan [354]
Mrs. Cleveland [355]
His Highness Prince Nasr Ulla Khan [361]
The Amir’s Bodyguard [363]
His Highness Habib Ullah, Amir of Afghanistan [367]
A Proclamation [370]
Major Cleveland’s Residence at Kabul [375]
The famous Cage on the Summit of the Lataband Pass [376]
Weighing Wood in the Bazaar [377]
Playground of Amir’s School, Kabul [381]
Afghan Women [383]
A Saint’s Tomb [385]
The Bala Hissar Kabul [389]
Remains of the Roberts Bastion at Shirpur [393]
Bazaar Children [398]
In the Khyber Pass [400]
Abdur Rahman’s Palace at Jelalabad [404]
The Road to Lundi Khana, Khyber Pass [412]
Ali Masjid Fort [420]
Jamrud Fort [426]
Jamrud Fort [428]
Caravansary at Dakka [430]
Grounds of Palace occupied by the Dane Mission [437]
Takht-i-Rawan [447]
Festival in Honour of the Dane Mission [453]
Scene of the Audiences between Habib Ullah and Sir Louis Dane [455]
Escort outside the Gate of the Quarters occupied by the Dane Mission [457]
The Walls of Bokhara [458]
Map of Afghanistan [At end]

MARKET-CART, ORENBURG