The Coming Struggle for India: Being an Account of the Encroachments of Russia in Central Asia, and of the Difficulties Sure to Arise Therefrom to EnglandCassell, 1885 - 214 頁 |
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... waters of the Yaxartes river , " said a pious Mohammedan to me , " have been utterly spoiled and rendered undrinkable , for the Russians have watered their horses and dipped their abominable idols into it ; but as to the country of ...
... waters of the Yaxartes river , " said a pious Mohammedan to me , " have been utterly spoiled and rendered undrinkable , for the Russians have watered their horses and dipped their abominable idols into it ; but as to the country of ...
第 20 頁
... waters in the upper course . A plea for a casus belli was soon unearthed . The young Khan of Khiva , the son of the very man upon whom I pronounced a blessing whilst sojourning in his capital , had vainly endeavoured to apologise and to ...
... waters in the upper course . A plea for a casus belli was soon unearthed . The young Khan of Khiva , the son of the very man upon whom I pronounced a blessing whilst sojourning in his capital , had vainly endeavoured to apologise and to ...
第 34 頁
... water in the irrigating canals , and the more varied and luxuriant are the products . In fact , up to the beginning of the thirteenth century , this country was noted for its fertility and for its centres of culture . In antiquity , the ...
... water in the irrigating canals , and the more varied and luxuriant are the products . In fact , up to the beginning of the thirteenth century , this country was noted for its fertility and for its centres of culture . In antiquity , the ...
第 44 頁
... waters of Turkoman affairs than the aforesaid German officer , who , in spite of his long services to the Czar , must have retained too much of European honesty to work successfully in the Asiatic gangway of plots and intrigues . To us ...
... waters of Turkoman affairs than the aforesaid German officer , who , in spite of his long services to the Czar , must have retained too much of European honesty to work successfully in the Asiatic gangway of plots and intrigues . To us ...
第 53 頁
... water communication nearly complete , lies only 240 miles from Herat , to which place it is the key . There can be no doubt that Merv is the natural outwork of Herat , with the advantage of water supply all the way between the two ...
... water communication nearly complete , lies only 240 miles from Herat , to which place it is the key . There can be no doubt that Merv is the natural outwork of Herat , with the advantage of water supply all the way between the two ...
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