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canal-way to the Djillan-ooti, and it is thought the Zerafshan might still be diverted 
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If so, Bokhara lies at the mercy of the rulers of Samarkand. 
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of the flood-plain must have been a marsh, as the layers exposed are matted with 
rushes now in part replaced by carbonate. 
was doubtless caused by a compression of organic constituents. 
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