Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülhamid / Han-i Sâni Hazretlerinin taraf-i eşref-i mülukânelerinden / Vaşingtonda Meclis-i Mebusân azasından Mösyö / Hewit hazretlerinin marifetile Muctema-yi Amerika Kütüphane-yi Milliye ihda buyurulmuştur 1302-1884 = Gift made by H.I. M. the Sultan / Abdul-Hamid II. / to the national library of the / United States of America / through the Honorable / A.S. Hewitt / member / of the House of Representatives / in Washington / A.H.1302-1884 A.D. = Don fait par S.M.I le Sultan / Abdul-Hamid II / à la Bibliothèque nationale / des États-Unis d'Amérique / par l'entremise de l'honorable / Mr. A.S. Hewitt / membre / de la Chambre des Représentants / a Washington / A.H. 1302-1884 A.D. Özege, M.S. Eski harflerle, 15223 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Microfilm. Washington, D.C., United States Library of Congress, [19--]. 1 reel, 34 mm. In French and Ottoman Turkish in opposite pages. Record based on source data supplied by New York University. Original pagination: 202, 202 pages ;19 cm
Historical study of Bukhoro, Uzbekistan written by the Amir of Bokhara. This work is a history of Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan), written by Said Mir Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), the last amir of Bukhara. Between 1785 and 1920 Bukhara was ruled by eight amirs of the Manghit dynasty. After the Russian conquest of Samarkand in 1868, the emirate of Bukhara became a Russian protectorate. Alim Khan assumed power in 1910, following the death of his father, Abdulahad Khan. Alim Khan was overthrown by the Red Army in September 1920, went into exile, and eventually settled in Kabul, Afghanistan. The title of the book, The Anguish of Nations, alludes to the suffering of his people under communist rule. The text, in Persian, is dated 1921, but the book contains a map of Bukhara and its border with Afghanistan, in French and with information about events after 1925. The illustrations include several photographs of the amir. World Digital Library.