1852 MISSION TO BOKHARA in the Years 1843-1845 antique CENTRAL ASIA

Wolff, Rev. Joseph.

Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843-1845.

To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly.



William Blackwood & Sons: Edinburgh;  1852

Size: 5 by 7.5 inches

Not illustrated

Original cloth binding, worn, spine damaged


Good interior condition, except dampstain to few first and last leaves

Text in English
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describing his journey to the Emirate of Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) between 1843 and 1845.
The mission's goal was to ascertain the fate of British officers Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, who had been executed by the Emir of Bukhara in 1842. 
Wolff was a British missionary who had traveled extensively in the Middle East and Central Asia.
His account offers details about the political and cultural landscape of the region and the challenges he faced. 
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