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PREFACE.

SKETCHES OF CENTRAL ASIA.

CHAPTER I.

DERVISHES AND HADJIS.

CHAPTER II.

RECOLLECTIONS OF MY DERVISH LIFE.

I.

II.

III.

CHAPTER III.

AMONGST THE TURKOMANS.

CHAPTER IV.

THE CARAVAN IN THE DESERT.

CHAPTER V.

THE TENT AND ITS INHABITANTS.

CHAPTER VI.

THE COURT OF KHIVA.

CHAPTER VII

JOY AND SORROW.

1. Birth.

2. Marriage.

3. Death.

CHAPTER VIII.

HOUSE, FOOD, AND DRESS.

CHAPTER IX.

FROM KHIVA To KUNGRAT AND BACK.

CHAPTER X.

MY TARTAR.

CHAPTER XI.

THE ROUND OF LIFE IN BOKHARA.

CHAPTER XII.

BOKHARA, THE HEAD QUARTERS OF MOHAMMEDANISM.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVE LIFE IN CENTRAL ASIA.

CHAPTER XIV.

PRODUCTIVE POWER OF THE THREE OASIS COUNTRIES OF TURKESTAN.

1. The Vegetable Kingdom.

2. The Animal Kingdom.

3. Mineral Kingdom.

CHAPTER XV.

ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF BOKHARA.

Bokhara, i.e. , its Environs.

Bokhara, the Capital.

The Environs of Bokhara.

Queen Khatun and the Four First Arabian Field Marshals. [35]

Tugshade and Mokanna, the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

CHAPTER XVI.

ETHNOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE TURANIAN AND IRANIAN RACES OF CENTRAL ASIA.

CHAPTER XVII.

IRANIANS.

CHAPTER XVIII.

LITERATURE IN CENTRAL ASIA.

CHAPTER XIX.

RIVALRY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN CENTRAL ASIA.

1. Russian Conquests in Central Asia during the last three years.

2. Russia's Future Policy.

3. Russia's Views on India; and English Optimists.

4. Russian Gains and the Disadvantages Of English Policy.

5. Advice to England for the Purpose Of Averting the Danger.

6. The General Interests of the Question.

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