Narrative
of
the
Georgian
Nobleman
Gubernia
Secretary
Rafail
Osipovich
Danibekov
Danibekov,
who....
in
1795
accomplished
a
journey
from
Georgia
across
Persia,
India,
Tibet
and
Chinese
Turkestan
to
Russia,
undertook
another
journey
at,
the
beginning
of
1822.
From
Astrakhan
he
set
sail
across
the
Caspian
to
Mazanderan,
and
thence
via
Teheran,
Isfahan
and
Shirazto
Abushh'e,
where
he
embarked
an
English
vessel
and
sailed
to
Bombay,
thence
travelling
overland
to
Lahore
and
through
Kashemir
and
Kabul
to
Bukhara.
From
there
he
travelled
with
a
caravan
and
early
in
the
month
of
Juiy
1.
827
arrived
at
Fort
Orsk.
He
calls
Moorecraft
by
the
name
Muryan-Murkryan.
The
said
Englishman
travelled
from
India
to
Kasheinir,
and
thence
to
Tibet,
where
he
stopped
and
sent
a
devoted
and
reliable
Indian
to
Yarkand.
The
Chinese
suspected
the
said
messenger,
stopped
him
but
let
him
pursue
his
journey
without
further
trouble.
From
Tibet
Moorecraft
returned
to
Kashemir,
and
from
thence
went
to
Kabul
and
farther
to
Bukhara.
With
him
were
another
Englishman
and
a
doctor
born
of
an
Englishman
and
an
Indian
woman,
and
70
Indian
troops
of
the
East
India
Company.
Between
Kabul
and
Baikh
he
was
stopped
by
Hazazas,
but
drove
them
off
with
the
large
guns
that
he
had
with
him.
He
presented
the
Governor
of
Bukhara
with
3,
000
ducats
and
was
given
entry
into
the
town.
There,
because
of
his
generosity,
he
was
accorded
a
good
reception,
bought
many
horses
and
large
donkeys
(paying
as
much
as
50
tillas
for
the
latter),
presented
the
Khan'with
guns
and
set
off
on
his
return
journey.
Moorecraft.
and
his
companions
wore
Asian
costumes
complete
with
turbans.
The
English
in
India
are
short
of
horses
because
the
Indian
horses
are
small
and
ill-tempered.
They
purchase
many
horses
in
Persia
and
send
them
by
sea
from
Abushire
to
India.
At
the
beginning
of
1826
the
English
took
the
town
of
Bartpur
which
is
situated
near
Delhi
and
about
100
versts
from
Aktarabad.
The
rajah
there
was
very
rich
and
his
treasures
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
conquerors.
Generally
the
English,
are
becoming
more
and
more
firmly
entrenched
in
India.
The
Sutlej
River
is
in
their
hands
and
in
Baulpur
(between
Multan
and
Attock)
they
have
20,
000
troops,
so
that
the
ruler
of
the
Sikhs
by
the
name
of
Radjit
Singh
or
Rai
Singh,
whose
capital
is
at
Lahore,
is
surrounded
by
the
English.
Although
he
has
100,
000
troops
and
although
a
French
general,
who
betrayed
his
king
in
1815,
is
with
him
arTd
mustering
regular
troops,
he
is
unable
to
struggle
against
the
English,
who
have
become
much
too
strong
in
tliat
country.
The
End
