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
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
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
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
The conquest of Khiva, another Uzbeg State also founded on the ruins of Tamerlane's Central Asian Empire, was attempted by Peter the Great in 1717 and again in 1839 by the Tsar Nicholas.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
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