The Quarterly Review, Volume 147John Murray, 1879 |
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Page 123
... Khiva , and which was abandoned on account of its unhealthi- ness shortly after the place was visited by Abbott and Shakespeare in 1840-41 . In the time of Peter the Great , several Russian posts had been established on the coast as far ...
... Khiva , and which was abandoned on account of its unhealthi- ness shortly after the place was visited by Abbott and Shakespeare in 1840-41 . In the time of Peter the Great , several Russian posts had been established on the coast as far ...
Page 125
... Khiva , so as to knit the whole Russian possessions together in a compact territorial mass , and , at the same time , to bring the country into direct relationship with Europe through the Caspian . The invasion of Khiva in 1873 is ...
... Khiva , so as to knit the whole Russian possessions together in a compact territorial mass , and , at the same time , to bring the country into direct relationship with Europe through the Caspian . The invasion of Khiva in 1873 is ...
Page 126
... Khiva to the the extensive Sary - Kamish depression , and neighbourhood of old Urganj , and fell into compensate for the enormous evaporation the Sary - Kamish lakes . The Uzboi , which which takes place over its surface , after is the ...
... Khiva to the the extensive Sary - Kamish depression , and neighbourhood of old Urganj , and fell into compensate for the enormous evaporation the Sary - Kamish lakes . The Uzboi , which which takes place over its surface , after is the ...
Page 127
... Khiva measures nearly 500 miles ; and the line along the Khoras- * This city was first noticed in modern times by Arthur Conolly in 1826 , when he attempted to cross the steppe from Asterabad to Khiva . It was next visited by Vambéry in ...
... Khiva measures nearly 500 miles ; and the line along the Khoras- * This city was first noticed in modern times by Arthur Conolly in 1826 , when he attempted to cross the steppe from Asterabad to Khiva . It was next visited by Vambéry in ...
Page 128
... Khiva frontier , and accordingly in the spring of the year 1874 local preparations were made at Krasnovodsk and Chikishlar on a large scale for invading the Akhal country , and following up the retreating tribes to Merv . " * 6 ...
... Khiva frontier , and accordingly in the spring of the year 1874 local preparations were made at Krasnovodsk and Chikishlar on a large scale for invading the Akhal country , and following up the retreating tribes to Merv . " * 6 ...
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