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Turkestan, Turkestan
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Or HAZRET, a town of Russian Turkestan, in the province of Syr-darya, on the railway from Orenburg to Tashkent, from which it lies 165 m. to the N.N.W. Pop. (1897), 11,592. It lies on the right bank of the Syr-darya river, 20 m. from it, at an altitude of 833 ft. It has a very old mosque of the saint Hazret-Yassavi, which attracts many pilgrims. It is an important depot for hides, wool and other produce of cattlebreeding. The town was captured by the Russians in 1864.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Turkestan, Turkestan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/turkestan-turkestan.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Turkestan, Turkestan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/turkestan-turkestan.html. 1910.
