The Heart of Asia: A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest TimesMethuen & Company, 1899 - 444 頁 |
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... PERSIAN AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE , LONDON WITH 19 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES BY VERESTCHAGIN NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND 2 MAPS METHUEN & CO 36 ESSEX STREET , W.C. LONDON 1899 CONTENTS PART I FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN.
... PERSIAN AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE , LONDON WITH 19 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES BY VERESTCHAGIN NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND 2 MAPS METHUEN & CO 36 ESSEX STREET , W.C. LONDON 1899 CONTENTS PART I FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN.
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... Persian , Arabic , and Russian authorities hitherto inaccessible to persons unacquainted with those languages ; and has aimed at offering , for the first time in any language , a consecutive history of Central Asian events from the ...
... Persian , Arabic , and Russian authorities hitherto inaccessible to persons unacquainted with those languages ; and has aimed at offering , for the first time in any language , a consecutive history of Central Asian events from the ...
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... Persian Empire of Darius II . Cyrus I. subdued this country , and , according to Ctesias , 1 Bactria was the first of his conquests in Eastern Asia . The founder of the Persian Empire carried his arms as far as the Jaxartes ( or Sihūn ) ...
... Persian Empire of Darius II . Cyrus I. subdued this country , and , according to Ctesias , 1 Bactria was the first of his conquests in Eastern Asia . The founder of the Persian Empire carried his arms as far as the Jaxartes ( or Sihūn ) ...
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... Persian monarchy . Darius fled in an easterly direction , accompanied by a still considerable army , determined if possible to enter Bactria . Alexander took and plundered Persepolis and Pasargadæ , the cradle of the Persian dynasty ...
... Persian monarchy . Darius fled in an easterly direction , accompanied by a still considerable army , determined if possible to enter Bactria . Alexander took and plundered Persepolis and Pasargadæ , the cradle of the Persian dynasty ...
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... Persia , he bade defiance to Ardavan , 1 the last of the Parthian line . A decisive battle was fought between them , probably in Babylonia , in the year 218. Ardavān was slain , and Ardashir was crowned " king of kings " on the field ...
... Persia , he bade defiance to Ardavan , 1 the last of the Parthian line . A decisive battle was fought between them , probably in Babylonia , in the year 218. Ardavān was slain , and Ardashir was crowned " king of kings " on the field ...
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Abdullah Abū Muslim Amir Annales appointed Arabs army Asian attack Bactria Baghdad Bahrām Balkh became Bokhara Bokhāran brother Caliph capital Caspian Central Asia century Chaghatay chief Chinese Chingiz Chingiz Khan civilisation command conquest crossed the Oxus crushing d'Ohsson Daryā death defeated desert died dynasty Eastern empire expedition Farghāna fled force frontier Ghazna Ghuz governor of Khorāsān Guignes Hajjāj hands Herāt hordes India inhabitants Irāk Islām Isma'il Junayd Kara-Khitays Kāshghar Khākān Khān Khanate Khiva Khorāsān Khwārazm king Kirghiz Kokand Kutayba Mahmud marched master Merv miles Mohammad Mohammedan Mongols Narshakhi Nasr Nishāpūr nomads oasis Oxus peace Persian prince province railway reign revolt Russian Samarkand Sanjar Seljuks sent Shāh Skobeleff Soghdians succeeded successor Sultan Tabari Tashkent Tekkes Teppe throne Timur took town Transcaspia Transoxiana tribes troops Tsar Turkestan Turkish Turkoman Turks Ubaydullah Umayyad Uzbegs Vambéry vezir Yezid Yué-Chi Zotenberg
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第 38 頁 - The condition was accepted; the prize was deserved; the standard of Mahomet was planted on the walls of Herat, Merou, and Balch; and the successful leader neither halted nor reposed till his foaming cavalry had tasted the waters of the Oxus.
第 103 頁 - Naranjan hastened to carry provisions and clothing to the strangers; the lady was conducted to the wild chief's hut; and the barbarians were appeased. Of this marriage was born a son named Sicuiracha, who was destined to play an important part in the history of his country. When he was old enough to leave his mother he was entrusted to the care of the priests, to be instructed in all those things which it was necessary for a youth of his country to know. One of his principal duties was to kill game...
第 199 頁 - The throne itself was six feet long by four broad ; it stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. It was surmounted by a canopy of gold supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy.
第 199 頁 - ... feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. It was surmounted by a canopy of gold, supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald.
第 417 頁 - ... state to exercise a certain ascendancy over neighbours whose turbulence and nomad instincts render them difficult to live with. First, we have incursions and pillage to repress. In order to stop these we are compelled to reduce the tribes on our frontier to a more or less complete submission. Once this result is attained they become less troublesome, but in their turn they are exposed to the aggression of more distant tribes.
第 419 頁 - ... on the frontier. The cause of this instability lies, firstly, in the existence between the extremities of this double line of forts, of a vast unoccupied tract where the incursions of robber tribes continue to neutralise our attempts at colonisation and our caravan traffic. It is, in the second place, due to perpetual changes in the political aspect of the countries to the south of our border.
第 199 頁 - ... expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls and other precious stones of appropriate colors, as to represent life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad. It stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds...
第 418 頁 - But beyond this line there are other tribes which soon provoke the same dangers, the same repression. The state then finds itself on the horns of a dilemma. It must abandon the incessant struggle and deliver its frontier over to disorder, which renders property, security, and civilisation impossible ; or it must plunge into the depths of savage countries, where the difficulties and sacrifices to which it is exposed increase with each step in advance.
第 425 頁 - Government that the assumption of sovereignty over alien nationalities must not be attempted without very serious deliberation, inasmuch as such become, on annexation, Russian subjects, children of the Tsar, and invested with every privilege enjoyed by citizens of the empire.
第 69 頁 - Abd el-Melik. On his accession Yezld ibn Muhallab effected his escape from prison, raised the 1 He directed that converts were to be exempt from all taxes, and placed on the same footing as the Arabs ; while unbelievers were to be taxed to the utmost. No churches, synagogues, or fire-temples were to be destroyed, but the erection of new ones was forbidden. Cf. Muir, Caliphate, p. 380. flag of revolt against the new Caliph, one of his bitterest enemies, and made himself master of Basra. The movement...