- a variation of Turkoman.
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The Qizilbash were largely Turcoman, another Turkic group with its own language.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
But they are also suspicious of Allawi, who won strong backing among the Sunni Arab and Turcoman inhabitants of the disputed territories claimed by the Kurdish region.
From Time ● Apr. 21, 2010
Ethnically Syria is a melting pot of Arab, Kurd, Turcoman, Circassian, Armenian and a score of forgotten peoples, but of its 3,900,000 inhabitants 86% are Moslem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Turkey � as well as leaders of the city's ethnic Turcoman and Arab populations � fear this will decisively tip the electoral balance to give the Kurds control over the contested city.
From Time Magazine Archive
The curtains, if made from striped tapestry and Turcoman, will give the finishing artistic touches to almost any room, but the last softening polish comes only from the genial presence of trailing and climbing vines.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Our other fellow sufferers were carried into a more distant part of the country, and distributed among the different tribes of Turcomans who inhabit this region.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
He made such boast of his prowess, and talked of the Turcomans with such contempt, that my master determined to proceed under his immediate escort.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
The Turcomans, a Nornase tribe, who sometimes pitch their tents on the shores of the Archipelago, and who pay but a moderate tribute to the Porte, are also another cause of devastation.
From Sketches by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
I had now been above a year in the hands of the Turcomans, during which I had acquired the entire confidence of my master.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
The Turcomans entered Russia in the train of the Kalmucks, whose slaves they appear to have been.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
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