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ANDKHUI , a See also:town and khanate in Afghan See also:Turkestan. The town (said to have been founded by See also:Alexander the See also:Great) stands between the See also:northern spurs of the See also:Paropamisus and the See also:Oxus; it is See also:roc) m. due See also:west of See also:Balkh on the edge of the Turkman See also:desert. The khanate is of importance as being one of the most northern in See also:Afghanistan, on the See also:Russian border. Until 182o it was subject to See also:Bokhara, but in that See also:year Mahmud See also:Khan besieged it for four months, took it by See also:storm and See also:left it a heap of ruins. To preserve himself from utter destruction the khan threw himself into the arms of the Afghans. The See also:tract in which Andkhui stands is fertile, but proverbially unhealthy; the Persians See also:account it " a See also:hell upon See also:earth " by See also:reason of its scorching sands, brackish See also:water, flies and scorpions. The See also:population, estimated at 15,000, consists principally of Turkmans with a mixture of Uzbegs and a few Tajiks. The See also:district was allotted to Afghanistan by the Russo-Afghan boundary See also:commission of 1885.
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