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 Merv Oasis Vol. II Page 1

The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81,
Including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv
By Edmund O'Donovan
Published by G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 Volume II

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CHAPTER XXX.
LAST DAYS AT MESHED.
Arrested by the authorities — Persian circumlocution office — Turkmen visitors — Negotiations with the Khan of the Akhal Tekke — A Tekke envoy — Arms of the nomads — Native powder-- Seeking British aid — Difficulties of travel among Tartars — Russian plans — Russian commissaries — Conciliating border chiefs— East Caspian railroad — Object of the campaign — Turkmen raids — Probable results of Skobelev's victory — Taking leave — Persian boundaries — Visit to the Shah Zade — Turkmen heads — Afghans in Persia — Setting out in state — Kurds — Military farm-houses — Population of Persia — Ruins of Toos — The tomb of Ferdowsi — Russian vandals — Kurdish gallantry--Sarasiab — A Kurdish village — Tarantulas and snakes — All's fountain — Radcan.


I had come to Meshed chiefly to recover my health after the severe attack I had in Kuchan, but I found my stay prolonged much beyond my original intentions by the action of the Persian Government. Either from fear of being held responsible in case of any accident happening to me, or out of complaisance towards the Russians, who naturally disliked any independent observation of their movements, the authorities threw every obstacle in the way of my intended departure for the seat of hostilities. Immediately on my arrival, the chamberlain of the Prince Governor called on me and conveyed to me an order to proceed at once either to Shahrood or Seistan, the latter being
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