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Title: The heart of Asia

A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times

Author: Francis Henry Skrine

Sir E. Denison Ross

Release date: August 23, 2018 [eBook #57750]

Language: English

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GŪR AMĪR, THE MAUSOLEUM OF TAMERLANE

THE HEART OF ASIA

A History of Russian Turkestan
and the Central Asian Khanates
from the Earliest Times

BY

FRANCIS HENRY SKRINE
FORMERLY A MEMBER OF H.M. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

AND

EDWARD DENISON ROSS, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF PERSIAN AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

WITH 19 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES BY VERESTCHAGIN
NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND 2 MAPS

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1899