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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oob, who took up his habitation with the servants,and who had not told them that he spoke Tajik aswell as Turki, rather amused us that evening by tellingus that there had been a discussion going on outsideas to whether it would be proper to give us presentsfrom the Khan. It was at length decided in the affir-mative, and there came a horse and cloth khalat for me,a similar khalat for Sevier, and a cotton one for Yakoob.Captain Burnaby was informed, he says, that a khalator dressing-gown from the Khan is looked upon atKhiva much as the Order of the Garter would be in KHIVAN MOSQUES AND THEIR WORSHIPPERS. 311 England, at which rate I suppose that I, who hadreceived them in Bokhara by dozens, ought to considermyself very much knighted. This honour Tailly seemed anxious also to share, forhe cunningly left with Yakoob a limited number ofroubles to be offered for the two cloth khalats, tellingYakoob that he wished to take them back to Petro-Alexandrovsk, and there to cut a dash, representing
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THE HAZARASP GATE AT KHIVA. that he had received them as a present for the efficiencywith which he had served us. Meanwhile he wascheating us to his hearts content. I had given him atPetro-Alexandrovsk 60 roubles, the very top price hethought he should require to hire the best camels.Now, in Khiva, he came to say that he needed 6 roublesmore, and put on the most injured expression when Iventured to doubt his veracity, though his story, as willafterwards be seen, was a concoction. 312 RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA. I did not hear much of the character and manner ofthe life of the Khivan Khan, so I can write no scandalabout him. Messrs. Capus and Bonvalot refer to himas a» debauchee, but no reports reached me of afabulous number of royal wives as at Bokhara. TheConsul could not tell me how many wives his Majestyhad. He had 6 or 7 sons, he said, but of the daughtershe knew nothing. General von Grotenhielm told mehe had expressed to the Khan a wish to have photo-graphs taken of his wives, and had

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