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KARSHI , a See also:town of See also:Bokhara, in Central See also:Asia, situated 96 m. S.E. of the See also:city of Bokhara, in a See also:plain at the junction of two See also:main confluents of the Kashka-darya. It is a large and straggling See also:place, with a citadel, and the See also:population amounts to 25,000. There are three colleges, and the Biki See also:mosque is a See also:fine See also:building inlaid with See also:blue and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white tiles. Along the See also:river stretches a fine See also:promenade sheltered by poplars. Poppies and See also:tobacco are largely grown, the tobacco being deemed the best in Central Asia. There is a considerable See also:trade in See also:grain; but the commercial prosperity of Karshi is mainly due to its being a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-point for the roads from See also:Samarkand, Bokhara, See also:Hissar, See also:Balkh and See also:Maimana, and serves as the See also:market 'where the Turkomans and Uzbegs dispose of their carpets, knives and See also:fire-arms. Its coppersmiths turn out excellent See also:work. Karshi was a favourite See also:residence of Timur (Tamerlane).
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