FOOTNOTES:

[1] Tashkent, Kashgar, Cossacks.

[2] The monarch in question was actually Khusru Parviz.

[3] Iusce is Yu-shih or Jade stone.

[4] To offer tea is a symbol of apology.

[5] Si-Yu-Ki, by S. Beal, ii. pp. 324, 325.

[6] Tarikh-i-Rashidi, p. 303.

[7] La Haute Asie, ii. 308.

[8] Most of these terms are new, the old titles having been abolished after the Revolution.