Merv, the Queen of the
World;
and the Scourge of the Man-stealing Turcomans. With an
Exposition of the Khorassan Question:
By Charles Thomas Marvin, Published by W.H. Allen, 1881
CHAPTER II. TUKKMENIA.
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Major Abbott's description of the region. —
Conolly's account of the Transcaspian steppes. —
Their capability for cultivation. — Vambery's
“whole secret of the fertility “of Turkmenia.
— Peculiar properties of the steppe grass. —
Experience of the Russian troops in 1879. —
Conflagrations in the desert. — Conolly's
description of a march across the desert. — The Turkmen
steppes ' not a desert in the Sahara sense of the
expression. — Baillie Eraser's description of the
Gorgon region. — A delightful country. —
Barnes' account of Bojnurd and Akhal. — The easiest
route to Herat. — The best of the three roads to Meshed.
— The annexation of the Goklan region by Russia
unnoticed by England. “The Russians are steadily
advancing towards India, and they will, sooner or later,
acquire a position in Central Asia which will enable them
to threaten it. Should England be engaged in a European
war, and not show herself sufficiently accommodating on
the Bosporus, then, indeed, Russia would probably strike
a blow at England's Indian Empire." — MACGAHAN.
“IN speaking of the Turkmen
* and their country, I shall adopt the term of Turkmenia,
since it describes the people under a generic name, which
is not altogether unknown in Europe, and not likely to
lead * Major Abbott.
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