Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843–1845 2 Volume Set
To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly

A Christian missionary's two-volume 1845 account of his perilous journey to locate two British officers executed in Central Asia.

Joseph Wolff (Author)

9781108070195, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 2 January 2014

766 pages, 9 b/w illus.
22.1 x 14.5 x 5.1 cm, 0.97 kg

Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795–1862) was baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian missionary. He travelled widely in the Near East, Middle East and Central Asia, enduring shipwreck, robbery and disease. His Researches and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects (1835) and the miscellaneous Travels and Adventures (1861) are also reissued in this series. First published in 1845 and reissued here in the revised second edition of that year, this two-volume work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan) to investigate the disappearance of two British officers. Volume 1 covers Wolff's background and previous travels, before focusing on his mission to find the missing men. In Volume 2, Wolff offers further cultural observations. He discovers that the officers had been executed, and narrowly escapes their executioner.

Volume 1: Preface
1. Mysterious state of the pagan world
2. Embarks from Malta to England
3. Quits Linthwaite for the curacy of High Hoyland
4. Constantinople
5. Arrival at Trebizond
6. Departure from Erzroom
7. Arrival at Teheraun
8. Arrival at Meshed
9. Departure from Mowr
10. Arrival at Karakol
11. Passive obedience the feeling of the people of Bokhara. Volume 2: 12. Colleges of Bokhara
13. Sensation produced by the life of Muhammed
14. Disasters of the Seikh army in Lassa
15. The Mervee wishes to know the story of Napoleon
16. Abdul Samut Khan
17. Jews obtain leave from the Ameer to visit Dr Wolff
18. Colonel Sheil
19. Ameer sends for the servants
20. Departure from Bokhara
21. Arrival at Jehaar-Joo
22. Tribe of Tekka
23. Dissent among the Mussulmans
24. Dr Wolff preaches at the embassy
25. Departure from Teheraun
26. Two leading sects amid Muhammedans
27. Route
28. Arrival at Trebizond
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]