Eine unbekannt gebliebene Schrift Philipp Johann von Strahlenbergs

The following article deals with the widely unknown description of the ,,Bouchary'', which was published anonymously in 1723. As the writer shows, the work that is entitled "L'etat present de la Boucharie" goes back to the well-known Swedish-German officer, historian, geographer and Siberia-traveller Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg, who is known until now as the author of the famous description of Siberia and Central Asia entitled ,,Das Nord- und Ostliche Theil von Europa und Asia", as well as a preliminary report (,, Vorbericht") to this work and a lost edition of the known genealogical history written by the ruler of Qoqand, Abū-’l Ġāzī Bahādur Ḫān. After a general introduction of the text, the work on the "Bouchary" is presented in detail

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