The Quarterly Review, Volume 147John Murray, 1879 |
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Page 123
... Turcomans , and formed into a post of considerable strength , at the mouth of the Atreck . Of these forts , the most ... Turcoman inhabitants of the steppe are still making a gallant , though it is to be feared an ineffectual , struggle ...
... Turcomans , and formed into a post of considerable strength , at the mouth of the Atreck . Of these forts , the most ... Turcoman inhabitants of the steppe are still making a gallant , though it is to be feared an ineffectual , struggle ...
Page 125
... Turcoman breed of the present day . It was the richness of this country which first developed the power of the Parthian race . From their ancestral capital of Par- thau - nisa , which was also called Sauloe , or ' the royal , ' and the ...
... Turcoman breed of the present day . It was the richness of this country which first developed the power of the Parthian race . From their ancestral capital of Par- thau - nisa , which was also called Sauloe , or ' the royal , ' and the ...
Page 127
... Turcoman horsemen , from Kizil Arvat to 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 ...
... Turcoman horsemen , from Kizil Arvat to 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 ...
Page 128
... Turcoman horse , and partly perhaps to our indirect interposition in their favour , it is not to be expected that , under such unequal conditions of military strength and organization , the contest can be indefinitely prolonged . At the ...
... Turcoman horse , and partly perhaps to our indirect interposition in their favour , it is not to be expected that , under such unequal conditions of military strength and organization , the contest can be indefinitely prolonged . At the ...
Page 129
... Turcomans , which means terests . But the effect of such a pledge in the direction of Merv , have been given was ... Turcoman tribes , offer a diplomatic objection . So monstrous including even those dependent upon Persia , a claim ...
... Turcomans , which means terests . But the effect of such a pledge in the direction of Merv , have been given was ... Turcoman tribes , offer a diplomatic objection . So monstrous including even those dependent upon Persia , a claim ...
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