Travels in Central Asia

Armenius Vambery was a Hungarian-born linguist whose Central Asian travels won him immense acclaim in Britain. Following an early study of European and Asian languages, and several years residence in Constantinople, he made his celebrated journey across Central Asia in 1863, disguised as a dervish. Rudolf Abraham graduated in History of Art, and has also studied photography and languages. Over the past six years he has travelled extensively and repeatedly in Eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and the Central Asian republics.

Preface List of Contents/List of Illustrations XXIV Chapters, in two parts (I-XV, XVI-XXIV), some titled (see below), some untitled, descriptive headers, some quotations IX From Khiva to Bokhara; XIV Herat; XV From Herat to London; XVI The Turkomans; XCVII The City of Khiva; XVIII The City of Bokhara; XIX Khanat of Khokand; XX Chinese Tartary; XXII General view of agriculture, manufactures, and trade; XXIII Internal and external political relations of Central Asia; XXIV The rivalry of the Russians and English in Central Asia