ANDKHUI  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and khanate in Afghan See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan . The town (said to have been founded by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great) stands between the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern spurs of the See also:

• PAROPAMISUS

Paropamisus and the See also:

• OXUS

Oxus; it is See also:

• ROC

roc) m. due See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• BALKH

Balkh on the edge of the Turkman See also:

• DESERT

desert . The khanate is of importance as being one of the most northern in See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, on the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian border . Until 182o it was subject to See also:

• BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif)
• BOKHARA, or BUKHARA (the common central Asian pronunciation is Bukhara)

Bokhara, but in that See also:

• YEAR

year Mahmud See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan besieged it for four months, took it by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm and See also:

• LEFT

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 (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract in which Andkhui stands is fertile, but proverbially unhealthy; the Persians See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account it " a See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

hell upon See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth " by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of its scorching sands, brackish See also:

• WATER

water, flies and scorpions . The See also:

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

population, estimated at 15,000, consists principally of Turkmans with a mixture of Uzbegs and a few Tajiks . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district was allotted to Afghanistan by the Russo-Afghan boundary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of 1885 .