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Into the Kazakh Steppe: John Castle's Mission to Khan Abulkhavir (1736)
Beatrice Teissier
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Description for Into the Kazakh Steppe: John Castle's Mission to Khan Abulkhavir (1736)
Paperback. First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan. Editor(s): Teissier, Beatrice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
The adventurer and artist John Castle, of mixed British and Prussian descent, was one of several foreigners commissioned by the Russian Empire to take part in the Orenburg Expedition which started in 1734. Its aims were to secure and encircle Bashkiria, to the north of present-day western Kazakhstan. The Russians planned to establish a line of forts, a trading base and centre for overseeing the Kazakhs at Orenburg at the junction of the Or and Ural (Jaik) rivers and to investigate the natural resources of the region. The Expedition attracted numerous merchants, surveyors and curious travellers. Castle volunteered to visit ... Read more
The adventurer and artist John Castle, of mixed British and Prussian descent, was one of several foreigners commissioned by the Russian Empire to take part in the Orenburg Expedition which started in 1734. Its aims were to secure and encircle Bashkiria, to the north of present-day western Kazakhstan. The Russians planned to establish a line of forts, a trading base and centre for overseeing the Kazakhs at Orenburg at the junction of the Or and Ural (Jaik) rivers and to investigate the natural resources of the region. The Expedition attracted numerous merchants, surveyors and curious travellers. Castle volunteered to visit ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930087
SKU
V9781909930087
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99-50
About Beatrice Teissier
Beatrice Teissier is an independent scholar and an associate of the Oriental Institute, Oxford. She has worked on eighteenth-century Orientalism and published on the history of collections and the history of the book. She is the author of Russian Frontiers (Signal, 2011).
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