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<p> A Mohammedan State in Central Asia, N. of Afghanistan, nominally independent; but the Khan is a vassal of the Czar. The surface is arid, and cultivation possible only near the rivers-the Oxus, Zarafshan, and Karshi. In the sands of the Oxus, gold and salt are found. Rice, cotton, and cereals are grown; silk, cotton-thread, jewellery, cutlery, and firearms are manufactured. The people are of Turk and [[Persian]] origin. The capital, Bokhara, is on the plain of the Zarafshan, a walled, mud-built city, 8 or 9 m. in circumference, with numerous colleges and mosques, the centre of learning and religious life in Central Asia. It has important trade and large slave markets. </p> | Bokha`Ra <ref name="term_69260" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A Mohammedan State in Central Asia, N. of Afghanistan, nominally independent; but the [[Khan]] is a vassal of the Czar. The surface is arid, and cultivation possible only near the rivers-the Oxus, Zarafshan, and Karshi. In the sands of the Oxus, gold and salt are found. Rice, cotton, and cereals are grown; silk, cotton-thread, jewellery, cutlery, and firearms are manufactured. The people are of Turk and [[Persian]] origin. The capital, Bokhara, is on the plain of the Zarafshan, a walled, mud-built city, 8 or 9 m. in circumference, with numerous colleges and mosques, the centre of learning and religious life in Central Asia. It has important trade and large slave markets. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69260"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bokha`ra Bokha`Ra from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69260"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bokha`ra Bokha`Ra from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 15 October 2021
Bokha`Ra [1]
A Mohammedan State in Central Asia, N. of Afghanistan, nominally independent; but the Khan is a vassal of the Czar. The surface is arid, and cultivation possible only near the rivers-the Oxus, Zarafshan, and Karshi. In the sands of the Oxus, gold and salt are found. Rice, cotton, and cereals are grown; silk, cotton-thread, jewellery, cutlery, and firearms are manufactured. The people are of Turk and Persian origin. The capital, Bokhara, is on the plain of the Zarafshan, a walled, mud-built city, 8 or 9 m. in circumference, with numerous colleges and mosques, the centre of learning and religious life in Central Asia. It has important trade and large slave markets.
