ABSTRACT
In writing of the monkish Haydar’s successor, Vambéry appositely quotes an old Uïghūr proverb, “ The princes of an age are its mirrors.” 1 Nasrullah Khān epitomised the vices which flourished unchecked in Bokhārā. The passion for low intrigue, the lust and cruelty, the self- righteousness and hypocrisy so often associated with the Mohammedan character, were found in him in their highest development.
