Report of a Mission to Yarkund in ...

Read this book

Download PDF

By Thomas Douglas
Forsyth

Published 1875
Printed at the Foreign
department press

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
(China)

573 pages

Original from the New York Public Library

Digitized Oct 11, 2007

Buy this book

Google Product Search

Borrow this book

Find this book in a library

Key words and phrases

Turfán, Kirghiz, Khokand, Bukhara, Pamir, Khoja, Moghol, Káshghar, tangas, Theodolite, Buzurg Khan, Kucha, Yarkand river, Khujand, Karghalik, Aksu, Khurasan, Ladakh, Oxus, Shighnan

Section 1	106
Bukhara, Kashghar, Yuchi
Section 2	111
Kucha, Khutan, Han dynasty
Section 3	161
Khokand, Khoja, Buzurg Khan
Section 4	214
Terek, Chakmák, Stoliczka
Section 5	217
Fyzabad, pheasant, Maralbashi
Section 6	222
Pamir, Wakhis, Karakul lake

Section 7	233
Trigonometrical Survey, theodolite, sextant
Section 8	236
Khotan, Shighnan, Sarikol

Selected pages

Search in this book

Places mentioned in this book

Khujand - Page 200
Following up this success, the Russians next bombarded Khujand and captured it on the 5th June. And so great was the immediate effect of their ...
more pages: 98 146 149 184 191 192 193 195 196 199

Kabul - Page 474
a line which has been persistently retreating since the misfortune to British arms in Kabul checked the development of commerce, and so affected our ...
more pages: 33 110 142 169 171 173 175 193 200

Faizabad - Page 430
Small village, cultivation almost ceases from Faizabad; at seven miles small village of Shagiat. 4. Kashmir, 28 miles. — Through bush jangal and plain ...
more pages: 261 277 278 281

Namangan - Page 197
by their consent decided on bringing Syad Sultán Beg, the son of Mallah Khan, from Namangan and setting him up as Khan, with himself as his minister. ...
more pages: 191 193

Najibabad - Page 249
between Najibabad and Khotan, and this even might be considerably shortened by taking the direct road from Polu to Khotan. ...
more pages: 248

Gilgit - Page 57
I know the capital ; it is called Hunza ; it is a large city of 1000 houses on the river which goes to Gilgit. It has a strong fort in which the King ...
more pages: 243 459

Afak - Page 177
Muhammad Amin at once appealed to Afak for protection, and the Saint thus disclosed to the ruler of the State his own ambition : " Hold ! ...
more pages: 180

Jawa - Page 445
Through desert for five miles to Jawa : this is a small village of 20 houses, also surrounded by a wall in the time of Habbibúlla ; there is a post ...
more pages: 446

Boshan - Page 436
At 16 miles stands the Darband tower, built on a rock. ThU Total distance ... 1611 is the boundary between Shiguan and Boshan.

Herat - Page 134
whose opportunities of acquiring reliable information on the traditions of the country were, from his position at Herat during the glorious reign of ...
more pages: 120 130 145 155 156 157

Kiria - Page 247
skirts the feet of spurs from the elevated plateau above, or the traveller may proceed down the stream to Kiria by the route followed by the Pundit. ...
more pages: 241

Chitral - Page 273
of the junction of the two Pamir streams, there is a small fort which covers the entrance of a valley up which another footpath leads to Chitral. ...
more pages: 56 435

Darband - Page 279
Two and a half miles beyond Darband is the junction of the Murghab River with the Panjah. This is the river I have already traced from its source in ...

Patur - Page 282
I may note that hot springs are of frequent occurrence in these mountains ; some near Patur in the Sarhadd valley have a temperature of about 160°. ...
more pages: 273

Bagh - Page 435
Pass on left bank at eight miles the small village of Bagh (30 houses), also the villages of Kiok-tash, Mirgul (25 houses), and Yoya (15 houses). ...
more pages: 266

Hunza - Page 57
I know the capital ; it is called Hunza ; it is a large city of 1000 houses on the river which goes to Gilgit. It has a strong fort in which the King ...

Mashhad - Page 126
1037 AD He was buried at Mashhad in Alton Artosh or Lower Artosh, and the funeral was attended by two Wali=" Saint," seventy thousand Mim=" learned ...
more pages: 58 122

Murree - Page 281
stay at Murree, " lived for some weeks within a few yards of the Chief Commissioner's residence, and had frequent and intimate intercourse with him. ...
more pages: 2

Moscow - Page 474
It is only now, as Russia from the north and west brings Moscow and St. Petersburg in close contact with Bokhara, Samarkand, and Kashghar, ...
more pages: 201

Satuk - Page 123
At this time Satuk, with forty attendants, one day went out a hunting. A hare started from under a thorny bush, and Sátuk, bow in hand, giving chase, ...

Kargil - Page 460
along one or both banks of the river, as far west as Kargil, where they terminate with a kind of brackish and fresh-water deposit, containing mêlâmes. ...

Dehra Dun - Page 291
and those in use at the Leh Observatory, and that my own were previously compared with the standards at Dehra Dun (and some of them at Kew). ...
more pages: 292

Sakti - Page 426
Up valley to eastward for 1Í miles to village of Sakti ; beyond this the ascent gets steeper to Zingral ; no village ; good camping ground. ...

Karasu - Page 9
At Karasu, about 5 miles from our destination, we halted to have breakfast and to put on our uniforms, after which we remounted and crossing a small ...

Peshawar - Page 35
The calculation is certainly fully up to the mark, and I believe much above the actual fact, for compared with Peshawar, which has a population of ...
more pages: 226

London - Page 11
The road is open to every one, and from here to London any one can come and go with perfect freedom." The Amir then desired us to consider his country ...
more pages: 6 27 81 230 288

Almaty - Page 17
The most lively scene was in the cloth markets, where merchants from Kashghar were to be seen purchasing «cotton cloths for export to Almaty (Fort ...

Argu - Page 255
On our right, near where we entered the valley, is the village of Argu, said to contain 800 houses, but from its appearance I should not have judged ...

Madras - Page 289
depending on the Indian Survey derived from the astronomically fixed position of Madras is a gratifying proof of the general accuracy of the work. ...
more pages: 250 291

Karabash - Page 263
then crossing the Yangí- Hissár stream at Karabash village we passed in a southerly direction for five miles, over a flat salt waste, to the large but ...

Tabriz - Page 129
As most of them were men of rank and note from Tabriz, the village in the vicinity was called, in commemoration of the slaughter, Tabrízí, ...
more pages: 142

Baghdad - Page 119
90i AD, and two years later sent prisoner to Baghdad. For this service he received from the Khalif M'utasid Billah a fresh patent of sovereignty over ...
more pages: 144

Jurm - Page 150
He marched by way of Tálkhán and Kishm, forced the obstinately defended ZNT passes of Gokus and Jurm, and came up with the Badakhshi Sháh in the deep ...

Ardabil - Page 42
Aksú is a very ancient city, and was formerly called Arpadil or Ardabil. It covers two ridges of gravel heights on the left bank of the Aksú river ...

Aska - Page 196
Alím Culi in this interval had left Andijan and taken up a position at Aska, and Khudáyár, learning this from his scouts, left his main army standing, ...

Moradabad - Page 248
Leaving the plains of India at the ancient city of Najibabad (between Hurdwar and Moradabad), the starting point of the old Royal Road stated by ...

Cairo - Page 6
The cloth merchants live in the chief bazaar which is larger and altogether of a superior description, being covered over as in Cairo or Stambul and ...

Bombay - Page 234
I procured two from Bombay and one from Calcutta, and on the whole I am glad that I did so, as I succeeded in safely transporting all three over the ...

Calcutta - Page 234
I procured two from Bombay and one from Calcutta, and on the whole I am glad that I did so, as I succeeded in safely transporting all three over the ...

Lahore - Page 175
On his way up from Lahore he was delayed several months at Kabul, and finally set out thence in the caravan of Hájí Kháním, the sister of the Káshghar ...
more pages: 173

Tobolsk - Page 179
But he succumbed to the third, and fled to Tobolsk, where he died in 1757 AD His territory then fell to Kienlung, who nearly exterminated the Zúnghári ...

Paris - Page 76
on the desert south and west of M anil hush i ; and gypsum, or plaster of Paris, is found in extensive beds in many localities along the hill skirts. ...

Sialkot - Page 199
The wounded Alím Culi was carried off the field by his Commandant of Artillery, one Nabbi Baksh, a native of Sialkot in the Panjáb, who, ...

Kangra - Page 249
From Ai mit sir to Leh via Rawul Pindi and Srinagar to „ via Kangra to „ via Sealkote and Cashmere . . . From Lei to Yarkand via Ling-zi-thung and ...

Konju - Page 143
The other noted wives were Konju, daughter of Altan Khan, King of Khitá ; Kormay Sun, daughter of Táyáng Khan; Mysolon, the daughter of Jámkabúd; ...

Delhi - Page 142
the return of his envoys to the Emperor of Hindustan, Sultán Said, at Delhi, to ask his permission for a passage to Chin through Fará jal and Kámrúd. ...

Carpen - Page 415
25'92 25'90 25'82 25'93 Mean of Aneroid f Barometer by Dixey and Carpen te r and Westley ... 25-80 2578 2672 Mean oi'Dry Bulb Thermometer. ...

Srinagar - Page 249
From Ai mit sir to Leh via Rawul Pindi and Srinagar to „ via Kangra to „ via Sealkote and Cashmere . . . From Lei to Yarkand via Ling-zi-thung and ...

Greenwich - Page 370
Longitude east of Greenwich. Height above eea level 1873. 0 1 о / Feet. Т.ЕН 1st and 3rd September 34 10 77 37 11540 W Chagra Camp. ...
more pages: 241

Jerusalem - Page 172
to destroy the idol city of Aorsáng (or as it is colloquially pronounced Aocháng or Ucháng), which was the cabla' or Jerusalem of the Khitay, ...

Egil - Page 541
Cow stall Egil. Kalla-khána. Ghijed. Pukht, Cúshá. Hoof. Túwac. Túyac. Kshalgak. Sumb. Túwuk. Horn. Móngúz. Múyúz. Shaw. Shaw. Owur. Hide. Teya. Tera. ...

Achí - Page 200
thousand men at Achí, captured all their chiefs, except Abdurrahman Kirghiz and ST Isrár Culi Kapchák, who escaped with their followers and joined ...

Tuli - Page 142
Máwaránahar, Khwáhrizm, and Afghanistan : its capital was Almaligh. And to Tuli he gave Khurasan and Iran ; its capital was Tabriz. ...