| In 1847 the Russians founded a fort at the mouth of the jaxartes or Syr-darya. |
| So Cyrus crossed the jaxartes, and pitched his camp when he had advanced some distance into the country of the enemy. |
| He was engaged victoriously in several combats with the Russians, who were pressing on from the jaxartes. |
| Sogdiana, the territory between the upper Oxus and upper Jaxartes, the latter dividing it from central Asia. |
| The real line of operations is rather to be sought along the left bank of the jaxartes. |
| The valleys of the Oxus and jaxartes are very fertile, but the rest of the extensive province is almost a desert. |
