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Usbeg

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[oos-beg, uhs-, oos-beg] / ˈʊs bɛg, ˈʌs-, ʊsˈbɛg /

noun

  • Usbegs,
    plural
  • Usbeg
    plural
  1. Uzbek.


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The race of Timur would have been extinct if a hero, his descendant in the fifth degree, had not fled before the Usbeg arms to the conquest of Hindustan.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson

In effecting this he availed himself of the alliance of the Usbeg rulers west of Pamir, and during the negotiations that were transacted between them, the distinguished divine, Maulana Khoja Kasani, of Samarcand, visited him.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

“The witless are under the protection of God,” stammered a flat-cheeked Usbeg in broken Hindi.

From The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

Some Usbeg chiefs revolted in Oudh; they were joined by Khan Zeman.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson

When Murad Beg died, the power passed into the hands of another Usbeg, Mahommed Amir Khan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

Abul Fyze Khan, who was the ruler of the Usbegs at this period, boasted a lineal descent from Genghis; but he appears to have inherited none of the spirit of his great ancestor.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd

But he resumed his throne, and sat upon it kingly, black-bearded, eagle-eyed, terribly apart in his grief and his royalty; and so seated among his Usbegs, he declared his will.

From The ninth vibration and other stories by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck

As Mahommed Usbeg Khan, the eponymus of the medley of Tatar tribes called Usbegs, reigned in the 14th century A.D., this gives some possible light on the value of these so-called traditions.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

In 1859 the Kataghan Usbegs were expelled; and Mir Jahander Shah, the representative of the modern royal line, was reinstated at Faizabad under the supremacy of the Afghans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

It comprises Sarthes, Usbegs, Tadjiks, Khirgizes, Nogais, Israelites, a few Afghans and Hindoos and—as may be naturally supposed—a fair supply of Russians.

From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Jules Verne

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