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... Herat , converging with the last - named Persian route at Merv . The second is , perhaps , better known to us than any , being that which passes from Cabul over the Hindoo Koosh to Bamiyân , and thence by the valley of Khulm to Balkh ...
... Herat , the outpost of our conservative influence and policy in Central Asia . To this course we were urged by the sense of uneasiness caused by the counter - demonstration of the Russian Russian army sent against Khiva , and sent under ...
... Herat to Khiva , and went thence onwards in charge of a mission from the Khan to the advancing Russian force . Before reaching the Russian posts he was set upon , beaten , and pillaged by a band of Kirghiz , at the instigation of a ...
... Herat , the scene of his future glory , as an Indian Mussulman , they could afford to look unlike natives , and to be ill made up in their parts , in an unsophisticated time and people . Such a journey cannot be made now , least of all ...
... Herat for choice . He was fortunate enough to find an old friend , Haydar Effendi , accredited here as Ottoman Minister . The Effendi , a speaker of French , and a leading Turk of the liberal school , received him with open arms , and ...