Through the Unknown Pamirs; The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV History--List of literature referred to in these pages To what extent the great historical events, such as the Greek invasion, the domination of the Parthians and Sassanides, the religious wars between the Parsee and the Buddhist, the victory of Islam over Parsee and Buddhism, the wars between the Islamitic sects, the Nigurian and Tartar and Mongolian invasions into the valleys of Amu and Syr Darya, have influenced these distant lands of Pamir it is impossible to determine. Alexander the Great is known by all the peoples of Central Asia as Iskandar, and all the changing rulers of the valleys of Pamir professed themselves descendants of Iskandar. The Parthian and Sassanidian realms embraced Bactria and Arakhosia to Parapamissos, at all events to the borders of Pamir. In the year 334 Ad. Christian congregations were found in the neighbouring Bactria. From 666 to 714 A.d. took place the invasion of the Arabs and the propagation of Islam in Transoxania. During the ninth and tenth centuries the Sassanides of Bokhara had their viceroys in Balkh. About the year 1000 the mighty Turkish prince Uik Khan from Kashgar overran Turkestan and the Transoxanian countries. During the thirteenth century Jenghis Khan, with his Mongols, pushed on to Balkh and further on to India, to which country he pursued the prince of Charezm Dshelaled-din. During the reign of the grandson of Jenghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo passed Pamir on his travels. In the fourteenth century the Turkish prince Timur conquered Afghanistan. From 1500 to 1510 Sheibani Mehemed Khan was engaged in the conquest of Balk and Badakshan. In 1533 the greatest of the Sheibanides, Abdullah Khan, was born in Transoxania (Bokhara). In High and North Pamir are found several of the so-called Gumbas, or ...