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The Turcomans, who are spread over the whole of Asia Minor, are a most warlike people.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

The tribe by whom Hajji Baba is taken captive in the opening chapters is seemingly rather the Yomuts beyond Atrek River than the Tekke Turcomans of Akhal Tekke.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James

The year following, however, Jerusalem was conquered by the wild Turcomans.

From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.

The Turks came into the pleasant plains and valleys of Sogdiana; the Turcomans into the well-wooded mountains and sunny slopes of Asia Minor.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

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