The Muslim WorldVolume 12, Issue 2 p. 142-160 TURKISTAN—A NEGLECTED MISSION FIELD—II JENNY DE MAYER, JENNY DE MAYER Samarkand I wish to express my indebtedness to I. I. Geyer, of whose book “Turkistan,” I have made use for the geography, ethnography, statistics, etc., given in this paper, and to N. Pavloff, from whose book, “The History of Turkistan,” I have compiled the abort historic sketch of my article. Due to lack of communication with Russia it was not possible for me to add any news as to how Bolshevism has influenced the life and thought of the Mohammedans of Turkistan. What I have written holds good up till 1917. In any case the spiritual need of the peopte ha” not been met but has rather increased by the wave of lawlessness, brutality and atheism which has swept over Turkistan, as it has over the rest of Russia. This constitutes a still stronger appeal to the missionary's heart. JENNY DI MAYERSearch for more papers by this author JENNY DE MAYER, JENNY DE MAYER Samarkand I wish to express my indebtedness to I. I. Geyer, of whose book “Turkistan,” I have made use for the geography, ethnography, statistics, etc., given in this paper, and to N. Pavloff, from whose book, “The History of Turkistan,” I have compiled the abort historic sketch of my article. Due to lack of communication with Russia it was not possible for me to add any news as to how Bolshevism has influenced the life and thought of the Mohammedans of Turkistan. What I have written holds good up till 1917. In any case the spiritual need of the peopte ha” not been met but has rather increased by the wave of lawlessness, brutality and atheism which has swept over Turkistan, as it has over the rest of Russia. This constitutes a still stronger appeal to the missionary's heart. JENNY DI MAYERSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1922 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.1922.tb01894.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume12, Issue2April 1922Pages 142-160 RelatedInformation