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UM wbola 



Bokhara, and MOM com- 



i an erea mad. for exportation. TW moot extonnre manu- 

 are tho*e of ftiUuB aad ailk. and cloth in which both theea 

 are oambtaed. TW dye of all their manufaoUired good. i. 

 TW Bukharian. make excellent Maroeoo leather: Their 

 are good, but much Inferior to thoa* of Peraia. 

 TW town* of Hamaroaad and Bokhara war* BOOM oanturie* ago 

 BMMM aa era*, of learning, and we** much reaortod to by ctudenU 

 m all th. MohamuMdan oountrie* of Aaia. At preeant UM number 



- - 



iaBtrooUoB U now 



of UM Koran and it. nu 



thu look of learning, UM Btwwnti WOOOM 

 Bat UM tower nliBin of UM people art lev 

 M gnatoU part 

 wi.h to employ 



can neither raid aor writ*. 



a, and UM 



TW Tajik*, who 



oar. of their nrtruotiaB than 



UM other tribe*. TW children of hch people learn to read, write, and 

 repeat the Koran by Wart. 



Two language, are apokao hi Bokhara, the Peraian and the TnrUah, 

 UM former by UM Tajik*, the inhabitant, of the town*, and UM bettor 

 instructed and richer portion of the Uiboka. TW Turkish language 

 fe general among UM Turkoman*, Kirghu, and UM nomadic Uibeka, 



TW gn.ramaH i. despotic, but, a* it i* regulated on the law* of 



UM Koran. UM authority of UM aorereign U controlled by UM ulenBi, 

 UM corporation of pnoiU and lawyer*. 



TW khan of Bokhara u the moet powerful of the prinoe* of 



nrkMUn, aad maintain* a itomthe; army of about SS,000 men, of 



which only 4000 are infantry. But a* a groat portion of hi* lubjecU 



are nomadic tribea, who are alway* ready for military entorprww, and 



to MM!, if required, a certain number of horeemen, W may 

 eaaly rai*e hi* army to 00,000 or even 100,000 man. 



1 >r Wolff vitod Bokhara in 1844 to a*oertain the fate of Colonel 

 Btoddart and Captain Conolly, wW had gone on a miation to Bokhara, 

 and were reported to Wv Wen murdered by the khan in 1848. 1 >r. 

 Wolff raaohart Bokhara by way of Trebuoml, En-rum, and Teheran, 

 and found that UM report wa. true, lie wa. himeelf detained a 

 pronoer by UM khan for otvaral month*. On hi* return to England 

 ia 1844 W publiahed a narratJTe of hi. journey. 



(Meyendorff. tey<MC <f Ormovary A Antaarq; BorMa, TraftU into 



Marm ; Berghaua, Mf of 1 ram aW Tmran.) 



V. UM capital of UM khanat of Boknara, i. (ituatod in 

 U* 48' N. httX, 64* 86' E. long. It U from eight to nine mile* in 

 crroumfereoo., aad i* aaid to ooaUun 8000 houee. and 70,000 inha- 



toata: Bume. eetimate. it* population at 160,000. 



TW town ia of triangular *Wp*. and incloeed by a wall gf .earth 

 about 84 Met high, aad a* wide at iu bae*. but only 4 feet wide at 

 UM top. In Uu* wall are eleven gate*, built of brick*, with a round 

 tower on each aide, ia which a .mall number of aoldier* are (tattooed. 

 TW widaat .treet ainnire* about 7 f.et, and the narroweat only 

 8 or 4 feet in width. TW hoiue* are built of .un-dried brick* on a 

 frame-work of wood, and are all flat-roofed. They are arranged in 

 UM oriental manner, prnenili"*. toward* the .treet a mere wall with 

 out window*, with gate in UM middle leading to a court-yard. r.mud 

 which UM room* an placed, which generally receive the light through 

 UM door*. TW town i* intenaotod by canal*, which convey water 

 TW water i* afterward* diatributed to 68 

 120 feet in circumference ; but thj* distribution 

 ia made only once a fortnight. TW palace of the khan etand* 

 on a conical bill with a flat top, and about 800 feet high. It u 

 incloeed by a wall about 60 feet high, which ha* only one gate, 

 npaning into a large oorridor. Thin corridor, formed by vault* which 

 aeem to Wve Wan built many oanturie. ago, lead* to the top of UM 

 hill, wbar* UM Hit*.* ataod in which the khan and hi* court are 

 lodged. They are compond of a moaqna, the dwelling* of the khan 

 and hi* children. UM harem, which U aarronaded by a garden and 



by tree*, aad a botue in which the vuir of the khan per- 

 form* tW dutie* of hi* etaUon ; there are abo lodgings for the guard* 

 ad atarea, aad MabUa. 



TW moat remarkaht* ediBoe* of Bokhara are the moaquea, of which 

 there are about MO IB UM town alone. TW principal moeque itand* 

 oppooite tW royal palace, on UM other aide of UM 



great equare called 

 It* dome i* about 



100 feet b%b. On the front brick* of different colour, are o 

 diBjMeed a* to form diflanot iujgn* of flower* tied together, and 

 other* contain eentoaoe* of UM Koran. The prerailing col. 

 UMW brick, i* Woe, bat thoe. of UM iiwcriptioa. are white. Some 

 OMMMMB art only built of earth. Attached to UM principal moeaue 

 v .- , . - ... . ,. ' . . . '.. 



upward* of 70 fevt ia oircamferenca. It dimimaW* in width a* it 

 riwa. aad i* oooaidorad UM flneet monument of architecture in 



HaiiBtan. and OOOOBMI a aquare of 800 feet. 

 feet b%b. On the 



NlreaM*, or college*. Borne acoom- 

 , and *ome only 10; but the total 

 to be about 1000. Theae edifioe. are 

 of a parallelogram, two .tone* high, and 



