History of Russia From the Earliest Times to 1880 volume 3
History of Russia From the Earliest Times to 1880 volume 3
Alfred Nicolas Rambaud
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It lies on the direct route between Kokan and Bukhara, and was, therefore, a cause of contention between these two countries. It was cap- tured by the Russians on the fifth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Khodjent is usually considered the site of Alex- andria Eskhate, or the Last Alexandria, founded by the great conqueror whose exploits are still matters of legend through- out the whole region. Tchimkent, Aulie-Ata, and Turkestan are the other chief vol. In. 19 290 HISTORY OF RUSSIA. ...[Chap. XI. cities. At Turkestan is the "incomparable mosque" of Hazret Iasavi, the Mussulman Apostle of Central Asia. Hazret Hodja Akhmet Iasavi was the founder of the sect Iahria, and died about eleven hundred and twenty. The mosque over his tomb was begun by Timur, or Tamerlan, in thirteen hundred and ninety-seven. Bektchusin gives the following description of it: " It is built on a space outside the fortifica- tions of the city, surrounded by a lofty wall of clay flanked at the corners with bastions provided with artillery.
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