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.
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We were now obliged to dismount, and leaving our horses under the charge of an Uzbeg, who could hardly conceal his delight at being selected for the least dangerous duty, we commenced the ascent.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Burslem, Rollo Gillespie
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
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 Burslem, Rollo Gillespie
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 Haddon, Alfred Court
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 Burslem, Rollo Gillespie
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 Nuttall, P. Austin
Determined to raise the fallen fortunes of his country, he first directed his efforts against the predatory Uzbegs, who occupied and harassed Khorasan.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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 Singleton, Esther
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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