Narrative of a Journey Through the Province of Khorassan and on the N. W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, 2. köideW. H. Allen & Company, 1879 |
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... EAST OLD FORT OF JAHJURM OVEN . • MOSQUE OF ROSHUNABAD " GIMLET " FLY . TULLAR CAPTAIN PAvloff • ( facing ) 105 ( facing ) 106 · 110 ( facing ) 163 TABLE OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES FROM ISPAHAN TO SHOOSTUR , via ARDALL RIVER KARUM · 166 ...
... EAST OLD FORT OF JAHJURM OVEN . • MOSQUE OF ROSHUNABAD " GIMLET " FLY . TULLAR CAPTAIN PAvloff • ( facing ) 105 ( facing ) 106 · 110 ( facing ) 163 TABLE OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES FROM ISPAHAN TO SHOOSTUR , via ARDALL RIVER KARUM · 166 ...
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... East . Com- fort is of course out of the question , but then there can be no comfort where the thermometer adopts such ten- dencies . No doubt a larger tent seems a little cooler , but I doubt if it really is so , and after the ...
... East . Com- fort is of course out of the question , but then there can be no comfort where the thermometer adopts such ten- dencies . No doubt a larger tent seems a little cooler , but I doubt if it really is so , and after the ...
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... the river bed to beat the dense tamarisk jungle for lurking Toorkmuns , while picquets were pushed forward to the east . I did not feel the heat so much to - day , as , though I had as usual to wait an unconscionable time for 22 KHORASSAN .
... the river bed to beat the dense tamarisk jungle for lurking Toorkmuns , while picquets were pushed forward to the east . I did not feel the heat so much to - day , as , though I had as usual to wait an unconscionable time for 22 KHORASSAN .
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... east is closed by towers placed on commanding posi- tions overhanging the defile , so that the position of Ak Durbund becomes one of very considerable import- ance in considering the defence of this border , as by it is the only ...
... east is closed by towers placed on commanding posi- tions overhanging the defile , so that the position of Ak Durbund becomes one of very considerable import- ance in considering the defence of this border , as by it is the only ...
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... east of Shahrood , speaks of but with bated breath . The " plain of the Toorkmuns " as yet , at least , showed no signs of deserving the first part of its name , for no plain was to be seen , but only a series of bold undulating ridges ...
... east of Shahrood , speaks of but with bated breath . The " plain of the Toorkmuns " as yet , at least , showed no signs of deserving the first part of its name , for no plain was to be seen , but only a series of bold undulating ridges ...
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13 WATERLOO PLACE Afghanistan Afghans ascends Asia Astrabad Attruk Baloche Birjund Bostam British Bujnurd called Caspian Chah crossed cultivation Dahna Damghan defile Demy 8vo descends desert Dictionary district drainage drains Durbund Durraguz east easy English farsakhs farsangs farsuk Fcap feet forage frontier fuel gate Ghaeen half a mile half miles Herat hills horse houses howz Hurree Rood Illustrations India Jahjurm Khaf Khan Khiva Khorassan Koochan Koords Kotul Krasnovodsk Kullat Kuveer large village Mahamad main range Merv Military mountains Mushudd Nishapoor Oxus pass Persian plain Post 8vo pretty ride ridge river road goes road is level round route Russian Second Edition Seestan Shah Shahrood side Sketches spur stony stream Subzwar Surrukhs Tehran Thence three miles Toorkmuns Toorks Toorsheez tract Translated Tubbus undulating valley vols W. H. ALLEN waste water and supplies WATERLOO PLACE whence whole
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