Travels into Bokhara 3 Volume Set

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 (Autor)

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1248 Seiten

2014
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-07549-7 (ISBN)

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In 1832, soldier and diplomat Alexander Burnes (1805–41) embarked on a covert expedition to Bukhara, to survey the country and observe the activities of the Russians in central Asia. This bestselling account was published in 1834. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there in 1841.

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. The first two volumes describe the expedition, and the third an earlier journey to Lahore. Burnes continued his diplomatic activities in Afghanistan, but was murdered there by a mob in 1841.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Lahore; 2. Across the Punjab to the Indus; 3. Peshawur; 4. Journey to Cabool; 5. Cabool; 6. Journey over the Hindoo Koosh, or Snowy Mountains; 7. Serious difficulties; 8. Balkh, and journey to Bokhara; 9. Bokhara; 10. Bokhara (cont.); 11. Detention in the kingdom of Bokhara. Volume 2: 12. Journey in the desert of the Toorkmuns; 13. Continuation of the journey in the Toorkmun desert; 14. Khorasan; 15. Journey among the Toorkmuns of the Caspian; 16. Journey through Persia; Book I. General and Geographical Memoir on Part of Central Asia: 1. An account of the kingdom of Bokhara; 2. The river Oxus; 3. On the valley of the Oxus; 4. On the reputed descendants of Alexander the Great; 5. On the sources of the Indus; 6. Notice on Yarkund; 7. On the mountains of Hindoo Koosh; 8. Toorkmania, or the country of the Toorkmuns; 9. On the inroads of the Tatars; 10. On the horses of Toorkistan; Book II. An Historical Sketch of the Countries between India and the Caspian Sea: 1. The Punjab; 2. Historical sketch of events in Afghanistan; 3. Chiefship of Peshawur; 4. Chiefship of Cabool; 5. On the affairs of Afghanistan; 6. Summary on the affairs of Cabool; 7. On the power of Koondooz; 8. Sketch of the history of Bokhara; 9. On the political and military power of Bokhara; 10. On the state of Khiva, or Orgunje; 11. On the N.E. frontier of Persia; Book III. On the Commerce of Central Asia: 1. On the commercial relations of the Punjab, and the advantages of opening the Indus; 2. On the commerce of Cabool; 3. On the commerce and foreign communications of Bokhara and central Asia; 4. Notice on the trade of Persia: Observations on Burnes's collection of coins. Volume 3: Introduction; 1. Arrival of presents from the king of England; 2. Tatta described; 3. Departure from Hydrabad; 4. Quit Bukkur; 5. Voyage in the country of the Seiks; 6. Enter Lahore; Memoir on the Indus and its Tributary Rivers in the Punjab: 1. A general view of the Indus; 2. A comparison of the Indus and Ganges; 3. On Sinde; 4. On the mouths of the Indus; 5. On the delta of the Indus; 6. The Indus from Tatta to Hydrabad; 7. The Indus from Hydrabad to Sehwun; 8. The Indus from Sehwun to Bukkur; 9. The Indus from Bukkur; 10. The Indus from Mittun to Attok; 11. The Chenab, or Acesines, joined by the Sutlege, or Hesudrus; 12. On Bhawul Khan's country; 13. The Punjab; 14. The Chenab joined by the Ravee; 15. The Ravee below Lahore; 16. A memoir of the eastern branch of the Indus, and the Run of Cutch.

Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Zusatzinfo	8 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1630 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-108-07549-5 / 1108075495
ISBN-13	978-1-108-07549-7 / 9781108075497
Zustand	Neuware