THE HEART OF ASIA. A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times

CONTENTSPART 1FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATIONCHAP. I. EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER II. BACTRIANS AND PARTHIANS III. THE HUNS AND THE YU&-CHI IV. THE SASANIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS V. THE RISE OF ISLAM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS VI. THE FIRST EASTERN CAMPAIGNS OF KUTAYBA IBN MUSLIM VII. KUTAYBA’S LAST VIII. KUTAYBA’S FALL AND DEATHIX. KUTAYBA’S SUCCESSORS X. NASR IBN SAYYAR AND ABt? MUSLIM XI. KHORASAN UNDER THE FIRST ABBASIDS XII. THE CALIPHATES OF EL-MANSUR, EL-HADI, AND HARUN ER-RASHID XIII. DECLINE OF THE CALIPHS’ AUTHORITY IN KHORASAN. THE TAHIRIDES XIV. THE SAFFARIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SAMANIDES XV. THE SAMANIDES XVI. THE KARA-KHANIDES, OR UIGHURS XVII. THE GHAZNAVIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SELJUKS XVIII. THE SELJUKS XIX. SULTAN SANJAR AND THE KARA-KHITAYS XX. THE KHWARAZM-SHAHS XXI. CHINGIZ KHANXXII. MONGOL INVASION OF CENTRAL ASIA XXIII. THE LINE OF CHAGHATAY XXIV. TIMUR, THE GREAT AMIR XXV.THE SUCCESSORS OF TIMUR XXVI. THE SHAYBANIDES XXVII. THE HOUSE OF ASTRAKHAN XXVIII. THE HOUSE OF MANGIT XXIX. AMIR NASRULLAH, A BOKHARAN NEROPART IIRUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIAI. THE MAKING OF RUSSIA II. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF ASIA III. THE STRUGGLE WITH THE KHANATES IV.TURKOMANIA AND THE TURKOMANS V. THE LAST STEP IN ADVANCE VI. THE CENTRAL ASIAN RAILWAYSVII.TRANSCASPIA IN 1898 VIII.ASKABAD AND MERV IX. BOKHARA, A PROTECTED NATIVE STATEX. SAMARKAND .XI. FRIENDS OR FOES? APPENDIX I APPENDIX II