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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... looked far into the desert , and overawed the restless nomads more than any imperial ukase , written with gold ink , and all the sacred oaths of the chieftains sworn upon the Koran had done . By extending this line of fortifications ...
... looked far into the desert , and overawed the restless nomads more than any imperial ukase , written with gold ink , and all the sacred oaths of the chieftains sworn upon the Koran had done . By extending this line of fortifications ...
第 20 頁
... looked upon by the adjacent khanates in a far better light than had been hitherto the case , since , accord- ing to Tartar notions , conquest was identical with murder , plunder and extirpation . Central Asia was really surprised to ...
... looked upon by the adjacent khanates in a far better light than had been hitherto the case , since , accord- ing to Tartar notions , conquest was identical with murder , plunder and extirpation . Central Asia was really surprised to ...
第 23 頁
... looked upon with great surprise . Nations vain - glorious of military deeds partly envied and partly admired the modern successor of Djenghis and Timur , but it is only ignorance of facts and gross exaggeration which has led them astray ...
... looked upon with great surprise . Nations vain - glorious of military deeds partly envied and partly admired the modern successor of Djenghis and Timur , but it is only ignorance of facts and gross exaggeration which has led them astray ...
第 32 頁
... Exposed for centuries to the irruptions of these reckless nomads , the peaceful and industrious inhabitants of Iran had vainly looked for assistance to their king and government ; the round 32 32 THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR INDIA .
... Exposed for centuries to the irruptions of these reckless nomads , the peaceful and industrious inhabitants of Iran had vainly looked for assistance to their king and government ; the round 32 32 THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR INDIA .
第 51 頁
... looked upon as a natural consequence of this central position . It had been from immemorial times a highway between the khanates and Persia ; and Russia having done away with the Turkoman nuisance , is almost sure to drain off the whole ...
... looked upon as a natural consequence of this central position . It had been from immemorial times a highway between the khanates and Persia ; and Russia having done away with the Turkoman nuisance , is almost sure to drain off the whole ...
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