Karategin

Karategin, a country of central Asia, forms the easternmost province of Bokhara, and has the Russian province of Ferghana (Khokand) on the north. It is a highland region (6000-7000 feet), and is traversed from east to west by the Surkhab or Kizil-su, a tributary of the Amu-Daria. Area, 8310 sq. m. In winter (October to May) the climate is very severe; nevertheless much fruit and corn are grown. The people, Tajiks by race, number about 100,000, with about 5000 nomad Kirghiz. The native khans claimed to be descended from one of Alexander's captains, and only lost their independence, to Bokhara, in 1868.