Sketch Map of the Country Between the Hari Rud and Murghab River. the Tejend Oasis and Roads to Merv 1883

Old map of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

day Gökdepe) in 1881, and the conquest of Merv (present-day Mary) in 1884. This 1883 map depicts roads, rivers, and topographic information relating to the region adjacent to the Tejend (or Tejen) oasis as well as the Merv oasis, some 130 kilometers to the east. Geok Tepe and the nearby city of Ashgabat do not fall within the confines of the map (lying approximately 325 kilometers to the east of Merv). Subsequent to the campaign against Geok Tepe and prior to its annexation of Merv, Russia claimed control over the sparsely populated Tejend oasis area. Some of the survivors of the massacre that followed the conquest of Geok Tepe had found their way to the Tejend area and were living in the previously uninhabited oasis. In contrast to the conquest of Geok Tepe, the conquest of Merv was based on a ruse, rather than heavy fighting. It was aided by a native of Dagestan (Daghestan in Persian), a certain Lieutenant Alikhanov. Alikhanov, whose survey data from Tejend are included in the present map, posed as a merchant, and initiated a trading agreement with Merv. In early 1884, he managed to secure the capitulation of the oasis through oratory and warnings about heavy Russian reprisals in the event of resistance on the part of the local population. Other cartographic details included in the map were gathered by Lieutenant Colonel Baron Aminof, Lieutenant Visheslaftsef, and Mr. Edmond O'Donovan. The distance scales are given in miles and versts. The map was lithographed by Edward Weller and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society in 1883.
Created by Baron Aminof, Edmund O'Donovan, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Edward Weller in 1883.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• "Scale 1:1,700,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• Original resource extent: 2 maps on 1 sheet ; 24 x 41 centimeters.
• Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
• Content in English.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Afghanistan

Expeditions And Surveys

Hari Rud (Afghanistan)

Library Of Congress Afghanistan Project

Murgab River (Afghanistan And Turkmenistan)

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Baron Aminof

Edmund O'Donovan

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Edward Weller

1883

Map Tags

1883

Afghanistan

Baron Aminof

Edmund O'Donovan

Edward Weller

Expeditions And Surveys

Hari Rud (Afghanistan)

Library Of Congress Afghanistan Project

Map

Murgab River (Afghanistan And Turkmenistan)

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan