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

Volume 2 of Joseph Wolff's 1845 account of his perilous journey to locate two British officers executed in Central Asia.

Joseph Wolff (Author)

9781108069250, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2014

378 pages, 5 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 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 work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan) to investigate the disappearance of two British officers. In Volume 2, Wolff offers further observations on the region's culture, religion and military history. He discovers that the missing men had been executed by one of the Emir's subordinates, Abdul Samut Khan, who also attempted to kill Wolff, though he narrowly escaped.

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]