
Sketches of Central Asia (1868) / Additional chapters on my travels, adventures, and on the ethnology of Central Asia
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- SKETCHES OF CENTRAL ASIA.
- ARMINIUS VÁMBÉRY,
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- 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.
- THE TURKS OF EASTERN ASIA.—PHYSIOGNOMY AND CUSTOMS.
- Buruts.
- The Kirghis.
- 3. Karakalpaks.
- 4. The Turkomans.
- Œzbegs.
- Character.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- IRANIANS.
- East Iranians.
- 1. Sigistani or Khafi;
- Tchihar Aymak.[51]
- Tadjiks.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- LITERATURE IN CENTRAL ASIA.
- "Ahmed and Yusuf,"
- Demands of Yusuf from Guzel Shah.
- Allah Yar.
- Revnak.
- Meshref.
- Fuzuli.
- Nesimi.
- Nevai.
- Nevai.
- The Tale of Kugaul.[57]
- 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.
- FOOTNOTES:
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