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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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by the route of Dozakh-dara. It appropriately derives its
name, corresponding to the 'Höllenthal' so common in the
Alps, from the troublesome slopes of rock debris of an old
moraine which chokes its head for miles.
Descending then the Ghund-dara from where the Russian
cart road connecting Pamirski Post and the Alichur Pamir
with Khoruk joins in, I gained some impressions of the
middle portion of this great valley of which I had sighted
the head just a month before from above the outflow of the
Yeshil-köl. There were recollections to be gathered here
from greybeards serving as depositories of local tradition
about intermittent Chinese control as well as of the severe
exactions under which Shughnan had suffered during the
last local Mirs or chiefs. Their practice of selling women and
children as slaves to increase their revenue was said to have
led to extensive emigration to the Khanates in the north.
This accounted for the half-deserted condition of several
picturesque villages we passed on the way.
Subsequent Afghan rule and the regime from Bukhara
which had followed it for a time had been almost equally
oppressive, and though the direct Russian control under
'military politicals' as the Indian phrase has it, secured a
great improvement, it had not lasted long enough at the
time of my passage to repair these ravages. One could hardly
then have foreseen how soon the Russian revolution and the
rise of the Soviet would carry fresh troubles and sufferings
into these secluded alpine valleys of the Oxus region.
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