Travels into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain

Alexander Burnes

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Travels into Bokhara

Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain

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Alexander Burnes

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: January 2015
Print publication year:: 2014
First published in:: 1834
Online ISBN:: 9781107589544
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107589544

Subjects:: Social and Population History, Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

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Aged sixteen, Alexander Burnes (1805–41) took up a post in the Bombay army, and speedily learned both Hindustani and Persian. His skills led him to political work, and he himself proposed a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country, but also to observe the expansionist activities of the Russians in central Asia. In 1832, he set off, with an army doctor, and two Indians as surveyor and secretary. They travelled in local dress and adopted whatever personas a situation required. Having reached Bukhara, they continued overland to the Caspian Sea, and then to Tehran, returning to Bombay by sea in 1833. This three-volume account of his adventures, published in 1834, was an instant bestseller. Volume 2 completes the journey, and describes the geography and history of central Asia. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841.

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Travels into Bokhara

Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-xvi

CHAPTER XII - JOURNEY IN THE DESERT OF THE TOORKMUNS
pp 1-34

CHAP. XIII - CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNEY IN THE TOORKMUN DESERT
pp 35-75

CHAP. XIV - KHORASAN
pp 76-99

CHAP. XV - JOURNEY AMONG THE TOORKMUNS OF THE CASPIAN
pp 100-127

CHAP. XVI - JOURNEY THROUGH PERSIA.—CONCLUSION OF THE NARRATIVE
pp 128-142

BOOK I - GENERAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR ON PART OF CENTRAL ASIA
pp 143-146

Notice regarding the Map of Central Asia
pp 147-152

CHAP. I - AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF BOKHARA
pp 153-185

CHAP. II - THE RIVER OXUS, OR AMOO; WITH SOME NOTICE OF THE SEA OF ARAL
pp 186-199

CHAP. III - ON THE VALLEY OF THE OXUS, ETC
pp 200-213

CHAP. IV - ON THE REPUTED DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
pp 214-219

CHAP. V - ON THE SOURCES OF THE INDUS
pp 220-226

CHAP. VI - NOTICE ON YARKUND, AND ITS INTERCOURSE WITH PEKIN, BOKHARA, AND TIBET
pp 227-237

CHAP. VII - ON THE MOUNTAINS OF HINDOO KOOSH
pp 238-248

CHAP. VIII - TOORKMANIA, OR THE COUNTRY OF THE TOORKMUNS
pp 249-261

CHAP. IX - ON THE INROADS OF THE TATARS, WITH A NOTICE OF THE TRIBES IN TOORKISTAN
pp 262-270

CHAP. X - ON THE HORSES OF TOORKISTAN
pp 271-278

BOOK II - AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COUNTRIES BETWEEN INDIA AND THE CASPIAN SEA

CHAP. I - THE PUNJAB
pp 279-298

CHAP. II - HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, SINCE THE YEAR 1809
pp 299-318

CHAP. III - CHIEFSHIP OF PESHAWUR
pp 319-328

CHAP. IV - CHIEFSHIP OF CABOOL
pp 329-336

CHAP. V - ON THE AFFAIRS OF WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
pp 337-340

CHAP. VI - SUMMARY ON THE AFFAIRS OF CABOOL
pp 341-345

CHAP. VII - ON THE POWER OF KOONDOOZ
pp 346-354

CHAP. VIII - SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF BOKHARA
pp 355-361

CHAP. IX - ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY POWER OF BOKHARA
pp 362-381

CHAP. X - ON THE STATE OF KHIVA, OR ORGUNJE
pp 382-388

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Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain

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