THE HEART OF ASIA

A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times

BY

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