Excerpt from Russian Central Asia, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv The fortress of Kaushid Khan - Irrigation and vegetation of the oasis. - Merv Tekkes: their number, divisions, and distribution, with agriculture, manufactures, and trade. - Their religious and moral characteristics. - Their lawlessness at home and atrocities abroad - Persian slaves. - Submission of Mervis to Russia. Explanations of the Moscow Gazette. - Suspicions of Russian intrigue - Dependence of Merv on Khiva - Signs, in 1883, of coming submission.

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