Uzbeg
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Uzbegs,
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Uzbeg
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In 1313, Uzbeg made Islam the official religion of the Golden Horde, but he did not remove the yassa’s tax exemption for other religions.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
I am not sure, with all due respect for the good old custom of shaking hands, that I should not have preferred submitting to the Uzbeg mode of salutation.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Rollo Gillespie Burslem
In the same way many Uzbeg and Kirghiz Turki tribes are named from famous Mongol chiefs, although no one will deny a strain of true Mongol blood in all these heterogeneous groups.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
The bulk of the people of the cities are of Persian and Uzbeg stock, but interspersed with them are Mongol Hazaras and Hindus with Turkoman tribes in the Oxus plains.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Subhankuli died in 1702, and a war of succession broke out between his two sons, who were supported by the rivalry of two Uzbeg tribes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
He was much gratified with the trifle, it being of Peshawurree muslin, a kind much sought after and prized by the Uzbegs.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Rollo Gillespie Burslem
I was about to give utterance to my disappointment, when I perceived the Uzbegs preparing their torches and arranging the line of march, in which it seemed that no one was anxious to take precedence.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Rollo Gillespie Burslem
Uzbegs, a race of Tartar descent and Mohammedan creed, dominant in Turkestan, the governing class in Khiva, Bokhara, and Khokand especially; territory now annexed to Russia.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Genghis Khan took it from the Arabs in the Thirteenth Century, and it was taken by the Uzbegs, fanatical Sunni Mahommedans of Turkish extraction, in 1505.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
But in 1514 he was utterly defeated by the Uzbegs and with difficulty reached Kabul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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