The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-14

Rdssian Report Of the Consequences
of the Capture Of Khiva.
His Highnea tho Khan Surrenders in the Impe-
rialist Camp-Restored to the Throne q
Royal vassal-Slavery Abolished-
Ton Thousand Persians Liberated.
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sr. PETERSBURG, July 10, 1873.
Dispatches from Khiva give the following &C
count Of events subsequenhSo the capture Of the
city,
The Khan voluntarily entered the Russian camp
and gave In his submission, formally declaring
himself . vasssl OF Russia.
General Kaufman then restored him to the
throne and appointed council Of administration
to assist him in the government during the occu-
patton OF the Khanate by the Russian forces.
SLAVERY ABOLISHED
The Khan, In token Of gratitude, issued on the
plth Of June decree forever abolishing slavery
within his dominions.
TEN THOUSAND PERsIANs LIBERATED
General Kaufman has sent dispatches to
Teheran notifying the Persian government to make
preparations for the reception of 10000 natives of
Persia released from slavery by the Khans decree
What Russia Has Gained.
The Invagtde Russo has already published in st.
Petersburg highly interesting account Of Khiva,
territory, In other words, as an sppanage Of the
Russian Empire, as foiows:-
Passing over to the inhabitants Of the Khanate Of
Khiva are three great divisions noticeable, Usbeks
Tadjiks and Persians, The Usbeks Tor Turk Tar
tars) having conquered Central Asia In historical
ttmes, are the ruling tribe in Khva as well as in
ontzed portion Of the Khanate Is esti-
mated e. 10000 living I mostly IN the south
hardy and take pride in forming the principal con.
slngsnt Of the Khivese forces The 1adjiks, intel
(ectually the superiOrs OF the Usbeks are race OF
q csa Asia saDusassd By the
able equality OF rights, and, besides agriculture,
pursue commerce with no small degree Of success.
them very profitable aud important posts in the
administration, giving them Q political influence
Greater than than mat Of the Vsoess They likewise
The Persians, who are either slaves or freedmen.
pr the descendants OF slaves or freedmen, are sup
posed to be 40 200 strong, and form the most indus
tTt0us portion Of the population.
or the nomads in the Immediate neighborhood of
ibiacE hsts) in the delta OF the Amou Darga, and
also on the right bank OF the river between Kipt-
chak and Gurlen, numbering about 10000 kibitkas
(tents), or AS, 600 souls They live by agriculture,
war, but are governed BY their own
lng, for which purpose they make themselves
boats OF homegrown wood. These boats can
tnOaSdOO
weight and there are at least one hundred and
efty OF them between kungrad and Lake Aral.
Tho KarakalpaKs are thrifty race but submissive
and not at all warlike. The Khirgese occupy the
western banks OF the river and are also to be met
with in the delta. AS cattle breeders, they van
der nom the Amou Darga to Dauka Ra, Yani Su,
and other localities where grass is to be found
In their six or seven thousand kibitkas there live
nomads roam about IN the t western ana southern
border districts, but are also to be met with
r some portion, Of :. the the interior Probably
like, they may be regarded as the natural reserve
Of the government troops, though in the event OF
eopulSe they are pretty sure TO turn robbers, and
DO their friends more harm than their enemies. In
addition to these there are few Arabs anc Jews
Yamchlds, living in extreme poverty near Kunya
Urgendtsh, Margt and Kiptchak. Drawing the
pum total we have about sao 900 for the sedentary
making in all about BAG, ooo
As,n all Central Asia o"t the villages and towns
mostly consist OF mud huts, disposed In irregular,
dirty and dusty streets. Nearly all towns and VII
Dide Of which there are gardens and fields.
Khivs, the principal town, lies on two water
s BY ay
miles in circumference and ten feet high.
Within this wall there is another about
lions and lower portions Of which are twenty elght
Of the Khan, the houses Of the most important
dignitaries and some ecclesiastical schools Med
SoSSe). Wnlcn tncre are no less Lnan tWeQCy-
in the place. The better to defend the inner town,
which serves as CITADEL twenty guns are placed on
the wall. The whole town has 20, 900 inhabitants,
with seventeen mosques and 800 shops; the space
between the inner and the outer wall being to a
great extent planted with gardens, among them
the Summer residence OF the Khan.
Kungrad, on the Taldik branch OF the Amou, is
surrounded by wall and moat, part OF the wall
being protected by water. The houses are in ruins
the seven thousand or eight thousand inhabitants
of the place living in tents. In this town the
Khirgese are in the habit Of exchanging their cat
&c for agricultural products There Is no artillery
there.
the canal Suvali, has rather poor Notifications In
tended to protect the place from Turcoman raids.
There is q garrison OF thirty men and about eight
thousand inhabitants which number probably IN
cludes those in the immediate envrons.
Kunya Urgendsh, on the Khan Canal, near to the
Old bed OF the Anon, was formerly large town
but was abandoned In consequence OF the frequent
attacks OF Turcomans and Camuks. At present
4 y Inhabited By only few people but is remark
gteppe having settled In the neighborhood.
Bent h = diminutlve fortress on the Amou. Ac
ccrdtng 10 the latest intelligence 1t ID armed will
Tashsus, forty miles northwest Of Khiva, Is en-
COMPRISED BY wall % feet nigh and q feet wide
q its base. There are few people in the town, bu
brfdee leads over sne canal shah Abbat.
New Urgendsh, eight miles to the left Of Amou
has tolerably respectable wall, with some few
three thousand Inhabitants
Khanki, near the place where the Amou Dairy,
Is crossed, has about five thousand Inhabitants
wall on the one side Ii defended by the cana
Kasavat, but there is no moat on the other side.
Khasar Asp, thirty-nve miles east OF Khiva,
capital, the wall being both high and solid. Stat
OF artillery equipment unknown. About four thou
sand inhabitants.
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