England and Russia in Central Asia, 第 1 卷W.H. Allen & Company, 1879 - 774 頁 Demetrius Charles Boulger (1853-1928) was a British orientalist who wrote prolifically on topics mainly related to the British Empire. With Sir Lepel Henry Griffin (1838-1908), a British administrator in India, he co-founded the Asiatic Quarterly Review, which he edited for a time. Presented here is Boulger's two-volume England and Russia in Central Asia, published in 1879 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80). Boulger was an unapologetic imperialist with strongly anti-Russian views. In this book he predicts an "imminent" Anglo-Russian war, which, he argues, Great Britain should undertake at a time when it is still "strong enough to solve the Central Asian Question wholly in our own favour." Volume one is largely dedicated to matters pertaining to Russia. Its 11 chapters cover such topics as recent Russian explorations in Central Asia, the Amu Darya River, Russian government of Turkestan, Russia's military strength in Central Asia, and Russia's relations with Khiva and Khokand, Bukhara, and Persia. This volume has seven appendices containing official documents, including the texts of the treaties concluded by Russia with the khanates of Khiva and Bukhara. A "latest" Russian official map of Central Asia is also included at the end of volume one. Volume two covers matters relating primarily to Great Britain and British India. It has ten chapters, covering such topics as recent British explorations in Central Asia, the Anglo-Indian army, Afghanistan, and England and Persia. The final chapter, "The Rivalry of England and Russia," summarizes the main arguments and warns of Russian intentions. Two appendices contain the texts of the treaties of Gulistan and Turcomanchai, imposed by Russia on Qajar Persia in 1813 and 1828 respectively. A third appendix, entitled "A French Opinion upon England and Russia in Central Asia," contains an assessment of the strategic situation in the region that was published by the influential French daily Le Journal des Débats in the spring of 1878. At the start of volume two there is also a fold-out map of Persia and Afghanistan. In the end, the Anglo-Russian war that Boulger predicted never materialized, as Russia never seriously threatened India and as subsequent events such as the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5), World War I, and the Russian Revolution shifted the focus of both powers to other regions. |
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第 38 頁
... Loudon canal . We need not direct our attention on the present occasion to the information which Greek and Arabian geographers have afforded as to the old course of the Oxus , and of those other rivers which , known as the Amol and ...
... Loudon canal . We need not direct our attention on the present occasion to the information which Greek and Arabian geographers have afforded as to the old course of the Oxus , and of those other rivers which , known as the Amol and ...
第 41 頁
... Loudon canal , which has recently been refilled , and of which something must here be said for the elucidation of the question under treatment . The Loudon canal used to flow from the vicinity of the fortified place of Bend into the ...
... Loudon canal , which has recently been refilled , and of which something must here be said for the elucidation of the question under treatment . The Loudon canal used to flow from the vicinity of the fortified place of Bend into the ...
第 42 頁
... Loudon canal was insufficient to the strain that was daily brought against it . Observers said it was only a question of time when it would give way . For In the meanwhile , the Aibughir gulf , partly through the damming of the Loudon ...
... Loudon canal was insufficient to the strain that was daily brought against it . Observers said it was only a question of time when it would give way . For In the meanwhile , the Aibughir gulf , partly through the damming of the Loudon ...
第 43 頁
... Loudon canal effected a temporary good , but at a serious price , for it aggravated evils which were already bad enough . It remains to be seen what its re - flooding signifies . About the middle of October last the Russian papers ...
... Loudon canal effected a temporary good , but at a serious price , for it aggravated evils which were already bad enough . It remains to be seen what its re - flooding signifies . About the middle of October last the Russian papers ...
第 44 頁
... Loudon channel had been burst through , as had been clearly foreseen that it would ; and the Oxus was once more seeking its old outlet into the gulf of Aibughir . But as there is no desire to minimise the importance of any event con ...
... Loudon channel had been burst through , as had been clearly foreseen that it would ; and the Oxus was once more seeking its old outlet into the gulf of Aibughir . But as there is no desire to minimise the importance of any event con ...
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