the following conclusions—namely, Russian policy may aim at three different objects in Asia, none of which, however, excludes the others. The first, the conquest of India, is of all the most improbable; the second, the attempt to bring the Eastern question to a solution from the East, is possible; and the third, the striving after the monopoly of commerce in Asia, and the consequent admission into the trade of the whole world, is positive. A BÁL OGHLAN, Khún of Kúlja, Afgháns, ethnological description of, 202, 205 Abbot, Captain, traveller in 1839, 4, 36, 200 Abbotabad, town of, 258 Abdallahs, Afghán tribe of, 216 Abderrahman, son of Afzúl Khán, Abdul Aziz, Sultán of Turkey, 162 Abdul-Gafda Beg, Samarcandian Abdul-Melik, eldest son of the Amir Abdurrhazak's work translated by Abdyl-Tádj, leader of the Kitái- Ab-i-Shahr-i-Sabz, river, 74 Abiyev. Dr., with the Kokánese envoy, 169 214, 215; 76, 179 Ab-oskún, harbour on the Caspian, Akritsheh, on the Caspian, 34, 41 Aksái, northern source of Kashgar Altyshar, Altüshar, or Alty-Shähär, Ammianus Marcellinus, Latin his- Amú-Dariá, or Jaihún, the river Oxus, passim, 23, 27, 29-43, 46, Amúr, river, 300, 301, 310 Andchúi, city, 76, 108, 222 Anglo-Saxons, colonisation compared Anichkov, Ensign, at defence of Antipov, Captain, survey of Oren- Apatshi, tributary of Naryn, 87 places, 7, 10, 13, 16 Atanúrát, Turkoman Khán, 169 Atrak, river; and supposed cession Au-Chár, town on the Sír-Dariá, 65 Auliett, or Aulie-átá, 15, 136, 137 Ava, King of, 246 Ayagyz, or Ajaguz, city and river of, 91 Azerbeidshán, province of Persia, 286 Azim Khán of Kábul, 225,232 BAB Babul, 43, 76, 83 ABER, Sultán, on Turkestán, on BUR Bed-Pak-Da-La (Golodnaya Step), Babkov, Colonel, his surveys, 14, Belisar, Bokharian envoy to Cal- Baikov, Russian traveller, 91 Bakhshi, wandering minstrels, 109 Bálá-Hissár, castle of Kábul, 218, Balitsky, Major, crosses the Borok- Balkash, lake, description, lowlands Balkh or Balch, Belch, the ancient Ballusek, Leon von, General, 198 Bámián, valley of, 82, 218, 231 Barantas, predatory expeditions, Bárcáni, Verkán or Gurgán, 37 Bartolomeo, Fra, di Cremona, tra- Barúkshis, clan or tribe of the Dúránís, 217, 223 Bassorah (Basra), city and port on Borgia, map, 39 Borodayevsky, Lieutenant, at de- Borokhúdsir, frontier river, see Borshkov, E., examines the province Brahmapútra, river in India, 269 Bubeninov, Russian merchant, visits Bucharia, Great, 21, 163 Buddhism, religion of Buddha, 82 Buldúmsáz in Khiva, 107 Bunyakovsky, A. W., journey in Burakoi, hills, 92 Buraten, or Buryaten, nomadic tribe, - first accounts of, 3, 6 Chagátáis, Uzbek tribe, 106 Chang - Chenmo (Shang-tshen-mu) Charikar, town in Afghánistán, 232 Chaudor, Turkoman tribe, 107 Chemkend, city in Turkestán, for- DEL China and Chinese, 301, 308, 309 Chináz, town on the Sír-Dariá, 16 Chitral or Kama, river in Kafiris- Chokrak, rock in the Cheleken, 22 Cholym, Tartar tribe, 105 Chúi, river, its course; survey of, forms northern frontier of Chulák-Fort or Kurgán; taken by Cobden, Richard, and Manchester Colonial policy of the English, 241- Colonisation, Russian, 56, 57, 125, Comorin, Cape, 86, 253 Conolly, Captain, traveller in 1842, Constantine, Mikhailovich, Grand- Constantinople, 283-291 passim Cyrus or Kur, river in Georgia, 30 tified by Kokánese, 13, 15, 137, DAIX, ancient name for the river 196 Ural or Jaix, 16, 19, 113 Dashkov, Count, General, 162 Delhi, occupied by Ahmed Khán, |