 | Asia - 1834 - 630 pages
...delight to appear before their king in n mottled garment of silk, called ' udrus,* which is of nil and the brightest colours, and would be intolerable...extraction, for of the captives brought from Persia, into Turkistan, few are permitted to return, and, by all accounts, there are many who have no inclination... | |
 | 1833 - 754 pages
...of the higher persons are clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the...extraction, for of the captives brought from Persia, into Turkistdn, few are permitted to return, and, by all accounts, there are many who have no inclination... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pages
...clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour vide into the citadel, and the others dismount at the gate....extraction ; for of the captives brought from Persia into Toorkistan few are permitted to return, and, by all accounts, there are many who have no inclination... | |
 | Sir Alexander Burnes - Afghanistan - 1834 - 392 pages
...of the higher persons are clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the...have a peculiar appearance. It is said, indeed, that three fourths of the people of Bokhara are of slave extraction; for of the captives brought from Persia... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1834 - 636 pages
...brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into^the citadel, and the others dismount at the gate. Almost...have a peculiar appearance. It is said, indeed, that three fourths of the people of Bokhara are of slave extraction; for of the captives brought from Persia... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...of the higher persons are clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the...are for the most part Persians or their descendants, have a peculiar appearance. It is said, indeed, that three fourths of the people of Bokhara are of... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 864 pages
...the higher persons are clothed in brocade — and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the others dismount at the gate. A great portion appear on horseback ; but, whether mounted or on foot, they are dressed iti boots ;... | |
 | Books - 1835 - 560 pages
...arc clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favor ride into the citadel, and the others dismount at...have a peculiar appearance. It is said, indeed, that three fourths of the people of Bokhara are of slave extraction ; for of the captives brought from Persia... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...the higher persons are clothed in brocade — and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the others dismount at the gate. A great portion appear on horseback ; but, whether mounted or on foot, they are dressed in boots ;... | |
 | Sir Alexander Burnes - Afghanistan - 1839 - 326 pages
...of the higher persons are clothed in brocade, and one may distinguish the gradations of the chiefs, since those in favour ride into the citadel, and the...individual who visits the king is attended by his slave ; this class of people are for the most part Persians, or their descendants, and have a peculiar appearance.... | |
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It is said, indeed, that three-fourths of the people of Bokhara are of slave extraction ; for of the captives brought from Persia into Toorkistan few are permitted to return, and, by all accounts, there are many who have no inclination to do so. A great... 
