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KARSHI , a See also: town of See also: Bokhara, in Central See also: Asia, situated 96 m
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S.E. of the city of Bokhara, in a plain at the junction of two See also: main confluents of the Kashka-darya
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It is a large and straggling place, with a citadel, and the population amounts to 25,000
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There are three colleges, and the Biki mosque is a See also: fine See also: building inlaid with blue and See also: white tiles
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Along the
See also: river stretches a fine See also: promenade sheltered by poplars
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Poppies and See also: tobacco are largely grown, the tobacco being deemed the best in Central Asia
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There is a considerable See also: trade in grain; but the commercial prosperity of Karshi is mainly due to its being a meeting-point for the roads from See also: Samarkand, Bokhara, See also: Hissar, See also: Balkh and See also: Maimana, and serves as the market 'where the Turkomans and Uzbegs dispose of their carpets, knives and fire-arms
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Its coppersmiths turn out excellent See also: work
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Karshi was a favourite residence of Timur (Tamerlane)
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