The heart of Asia
- Subtitle
- A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times
Francis Henry Skrine and E. Denison (Edward Denison) Ross
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1. Front matter2. THE HEART OF ASIA3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander5. CHAPTER II Bactrians and Parthians6. CHAPTER III The Huns and the Yué-Chi7. CHAPTER IV The Sāsānides, the Ephthalites, and the Turks8. CHAPTER V The Rise of Islām and Invasions of the Arabs9. CHAPTER VI The First Eastern Campaigns of Kutayba ibn Muslim10. CHAPTER VII Kutayba’s Last Campaigns11. CHAPTER VIII Kutayba’s Fall and Death12. CHAPTER IX Kutayba’s Successors13. CHAPTER X Nasr ibn Sayyār and Abū Muslim14. CHAPTER XI Khorāsān under the First `Abbāsids15. CHAPTER XII The Caliphates of El-Mansūr, El-Hādi, and Hārūn er-Rashīd16. CHAPTER XIII Decline of the Caliphs’ Authority in Khorāsān. The Tāhirides17. CHAPTER XIV The Saffārides and the Rise of the Sāmānides18. CHAPTER XV The Sāmānides19. CHAPTER XVI The Kara-Khānides, or Uïghūrs20. CHAPTER XVII The Ghaznavides and the Rise of the Seljūks21. CHAPTER XVIII The Seljūks22. CHAPTER XIX Sultan Sanjar and the Kara-Khitāys23. CHAPTER XX The Khwārazm-shāhs24. CHAPTER XXI Chingiz Khān25. CHAPTER XXII Mongol Invasion of Central Asia26. CHAPTER XXIII The Line of Chaghatāy27. CHAPTER XXIV Tīmūr, the Great Amīr28. CHAPTER XXV The Successors of Tīmūr29. CHAPTER XXVI THE SHAYBĀNIDES30. CHAPTER XXVII The House of Astrakhan31. CHAPTER XXVIII The House of Mangit32. CHAPTER XXIX Amīr Nasrullah, a Bokhāran Nero33. CHAPTER I The Making of Russia34. CHAPTER II Crossing the Threshold of Asia35. CHAPTER III The Struggle with the Khānates36. CHAPTER IV Turkomania and the Turkomans37. CHAPTER V The Last Step in Advance38. CHAPTER VI The Central Asian Railways39. CHAPTER VII Transcaspia in 189840. CHAPTER VIII Askabad and Merv41. CHAPTER IX Bokhārā, a Protected Native State42. CHAPTER X SAMARKAND43. CHAPTER XI Friends or Foes?44. APPENDIX I45. APPENDIX II46. INDEX