The Present Khan—The Law of Succession—The Turkomans and their Tribute —The Royal Gardens—A Summer Palace—How the Sovereign administers Justice—God’s Vengeance—The Prison—The Prisoners—The Stocks—The Schools—The Moullahs—Reading, Writing, and the Koran—How Schoolmasters are remunerated for their trouble—Preparations for a Start to Bokhara—L’homme propose, mais Dieu dispose—A Letter—It must have cost a large sum of money sending that Telegram—General Milutin— The Bazaar—A Strict

Abstract

Abstract The present Khan is the eleventh in succession of the same family. He commenced his reign ten years ago, at the death of the previous sovereign, the khanate descending from father to son, and not to the eldest male relative, as is the case amidst some other Mohammedan nations. The monarch receives the crown lands and gardens intact. With the rest of the nation, the property at a fathers death is divided equally amongst his sons, thus doing away with the possibility of any one possessing a large extent of the soil.