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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

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

PART I
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER	3
II.	BACTRIANS AND PARTHIANS	10
III.	THE HUNS AND THE YUÉ-CHI	14
IV.	THE SĀSĀNIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS	22
V.	THE RISE OF ISLAM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS	34
VI.	THE FIRST EASTERN CAMPAIGNS OF KUTAYBA IBN MUSLIM	45
VII.	KUTAYBA’S LAST CAMPAIGNS	56
VIII.	KUTAYBA’S FALL AND DEATH	63
IX.	KUTAYBA’S SUCCESSORS	67
X.	NASR IBN SAYYĀR AND ABŪ MUSLIM	77
XI.	... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!

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