Identifier: russiancentralas02lans (find matches)
Title: Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Lansdell, Henry, 1841-1919 Lansdell, Henry, 1841-1919, inscriber. ins
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Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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vi. 29) concerning Samsons death. Given a man makingsport before these pillars, in a position to be seen best from the roofof the portico, and the adjacent portions of the building; then, havingbeen guided to the pillars (ver. 26), he could, sufficient strength beinggranted, dislocate them quickly one after the other, before bringingdown the structure on his own head. This house of the Divan-beggiwould be no illustration for the size of the house of Dagon, with the3,000 men and women stated to be on the flat roof, but it is a questionwhether this Khivan roof, being covered with people, and the twopillars gone, the whole concern might not collapse. As to the numberson the roof, I may add that the Jumma mosque, at Khiva, is said tohold from 3,000 to 4,000 people, and as it is covered with a flat roof, soit is to be assumed that as many could assemble thereon. 26o RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA. the Consul and another, we rode outside the innerwall, receiving here and there a salaam, until we came
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SEIU MUHAMMAD KAHIM, KHAN OF KHIVA. to the summer palace. The Khan had not yet quittedthis building, and a troop of horses were waiting, theirriders having gone within, I suppose, on business with FROM PETRO-ALEXANDROVSK TO KHIVA. 261 the Khan, who, according to Vambery, holds publicaudience for at least four hours daily, and is expectedto hear the most trivial cases his subjects bring beforehim. The number of attendants about the buildingappeared greater than we had seen about the Emir ofBokhara. The Khans officers were all in sheepskinhats, clothed in somewhat dowdy garments, and pre-sented a poverty-stricken appearance. We were showninto an ante-room, and then through one court afteranother, till we came to a room, only partially carpetedand scantily furnished, wherein the most prominentobject was a sort of divan or bedstead, coveredwith a Persian carpet. On this the Khan wassitting, with a sword and revolver before him, andbehind were three chairs piled with books. HisMajesty shoo

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