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KARATEGHIN , a See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of Central See also:

ASIA

Asia, subject to See also:

Bokhara, and consisting of a highland See also:

DISTRICT

district bounded on the N. by See also:

SAMARKAND

Samarkand and See also:

FERGHANA, or FERGANA

Ferghana (See also:

KHOKAND

Khokand), on the E. by Ferghana, on the S. by Darvaz, and on the W. by See also:

HISSAR

Hissar and other Bokharian provinces. The See also:

plateau is traversed by the Surkhab or Vakhsh, a right-See also:

hand tributary of the Amu-darya (See also:

OXUS

Oxus). On the N. border run the Hissar and Zarafshan mountains, and on the S. border the See also:

Peter I. (Periokhtan) range (24,900 ft.). The See also:

AREA

area is 8000 sq. m. and the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population about 6o,000-five-sixths Tajiks, the. See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest Kara-See also:

KIRGHIZ

kirghiz. With the neighbouring lands Karateghin has no communication except during summer, that is, from May to See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September. The See also:

winter See also:

CLIMATE

climate is extremely severe; See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow begins to fall in See also:

OCTOBER

October and it is May before it disappears. During the warmer months, however, the See also:

mountain sides are richly clothed with the foliage of See also:

MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple, mountain ash, See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple, See also:

PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear and See also:

WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut trees; the orchards furnish, not only apples and See also:

PEARS

pears, but peaches, cherries, mulberries and apricots; and the farmers grow sufficient See also:

corn to export. Both See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses are of a small and See also:

hardy breed. Rough woollen See also:

CLOTH

cloth and See also:

MOHAIR

mohair are See also:

WOVEN

woven by the natives, who also make excellent See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms and other weapons., See also:

Gold is found in various places and there are See also:

salt-pits in the mountains. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town, Harm or Garm, is a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of some 2000 inhabitants, situated on a See also:

hill on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Surkhab. The native princes, who claimed to be descended from See also:

Alexander the See also:

GREAT

Great, were till 1868 practically See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent, though their See also:

ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance was claimed in an ineffective way by Khokand, but eventually Bokhara took See also:

ADVANTAGE

advantage of their See also:

INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine feuds to secure their real submission in 1877.

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