Narrative of a Journey Through the Province of Khorassan and on the N. W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, Band 2W. H. Allen & Company, 1879 |
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... strong little place , surrounded by a respectable wall and a ditch , with its water supply safe , and not commanded . In the evening I visited the fort , which was in a filthy state , and had a long interesting conversation with Ata ...
... strong little place , surrounded by a respectable wall and a ditch , with its water supply safe , and not commanded . In the evening I visited the fort , which was in a filthy state , and had a long interesting conversation with Ata ...
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... strong government , the whole valley of this river , right down to Ak - Durbund , is capable of being kept in the highest state of cultivation , as there is abundance of water in the river , whose banks are not too high to admit of its ...
... strong government , the whole valley of this river , right down to Ak - Durbund , is capable of being kept in the highest state of cultivation , as there is abundance of water in the river , whose banks are not too high to admit of its ...
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... strong undulation descends again into the bed of the river at Lungurruh or Inayutabad . The valley here is about two miles broad and has abundance of water , and a fine stretch of good soil capable of being cultivated . There is no ...
... strong undulation descends again into the bed of the river at Lungurruh or Inayutabad . The valley here is about two miles broad and has abundance of water , and a fine stretch of good soil capable of being cultivated . There is no ...
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... strong brown untanned leather , reaching to the swell of the calf ( only calves in this country don't swell ) . These had pointed toes and high heels , very much like those in which the fair sex in Europe delight . They had no spurs ...
... strong brown untanned leather , reaching to the swell of the calf ( only calves in this country don't swell ) . These had pointed toes and high heels , very much like those in which the fair sex in Europe delight . They had no spurs ...
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... strong picketing rope , made either of camel hair or silk . At the end of this rope is an iron picketing peg , which is always used by these horsemen . As they shave the manes off their horses they always have a band , sometimes made of ...
... strong picketing rope , made either of camel hair or silk . At the end of this rope is an iron picketing peg , which is always used by these horsemen . As they shave the manes off their horses they always have a band , sometimes made of ...
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13 WATERLOO PLACE Afghanistan Afghans ascends Asia Astrabad Attruk Baloche Birjund Bostam British Bujnurd called Caspian Chah crossed cultivation 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 PALL MALL 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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