The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 82A. Constable, 1845 |
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Page 136
... Kokand , which lie between the frontiers of Affghanistan and Russia to the east of the Caspian , thus became for the first time objects of attention and of interest to the politicians of Europe . Their condition , their resources , the ...
... Kokand , which lie between the frontiers of Affghanistan and Russia to the east of the Caspian , thus became for the first time objects of attention and of interest to the politicians of Europe . Their condition , their resources , the ...
Page 137
... Kokand . The missions to Khiva and Kokand were received and dismissed with kindness , and were successful in effecting the objects for which they were sent . That to Bokhara terminated in the shocking catastrophe known to all the world ...
... Kokand . The missions to Khiva and Kokand were received and dismissed with kindness , and were successful in effecting the objects for which they were sent . That to Bokhara terminated in the shocking catastrophe known to all the world ...
Page 142
... Kokand ; and , by command of the Ameer , invited that officer to visit Bokhara on his way from Kokand to Cabool . This invitation appears to have been repeated by the Ameer himself . The propriety of Captain Conolly's visiting Bokhara ...
... Kokand ; and , by command of the Ameer , invited that officer to visit Bokhara on his way from Kokand to Cabool . This invitation appears to have been repeated by the Ameer himself . The propriety of Captain Conolly's visiting Bokhara ...
Page 149
... Kokand , was in like manner seized and imprisoned at Bokhara , together with Colonel Stoddart , in 1841 , and that both were then in like manner abandoned . We presume that Captain Grover will not object to the man- ner in which we have ...
... Kokand , was in like manner seized and imprisoned at Bokhara , together with Colonel Stoddart , in 1841 , and that both were then in like manner abandoned . We presume that Captain Grover will not object to the man- ner in which we have ...
Page 155
... Kokand , he was instructed , as the agents to Khiva had previously been , to concert measures with the sovereign of that principality for the liberation of Colonel Stoddart . Sir R. Shakespeare continued at Khiva to organize a combined ...
... Kokand , he was instructed , as the agents to Khiva had previously been , to concert measures with the sovereign of that principality for the liberation of Colonel Stoddart . Sir R. Shakespeare continued at Khiva to organize a combined ...
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