Page:England & Russia in Central Asia,Vol-I.djvu/202

182 182 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. Government given Kauf mann the necessary permission lie could have annexed the khanate in its entirety. The annexation of Samarcand was in itself a triumph with which any governor-general might have rested content, and the practical results of this 1868 cam- paign were so great as to be scarcely realisable at the time. Mozaffur Eddin was, however, permitted to retain his personal authority, and received assistance in putting down the seditious movement which his son, Katti Torah, and several other chiefs raised up against him. These were all repressed, and in 1869 Katti Torah was a fugitive, and his father's authority more firmly estabh'shed than it had been during the three previous years. He had conceived a stronger friendship for the Russians since they had occupied in his name the town of Karshi, and then handed it over to him. On the strength of such friendly acts as these a younger son of the Ameer, Jan Torah, was sent on an embassy to St. Petersburg, where he stayed for some time. One of his principal objects was to obtain the restoration of Samarcand, but in this, it is scarcely necessary to say, he completely failed. With the annexation of Samarcand Russia's warlike policy in Bokhara came to a close. Since that year, if we except the brief misunderstanding which manifested itself during the progress of the Khivan campaign, the relations of Russia and Bokhara have assumed their old cordiality. The same Ameer who threatened Russia so nearly when Tchernaie:ff was besieging Tashkent is now her very good ally. His old dreams of ambition have vanished. He is content with his