Uzbegs
- plural of Uzbeg.
Example Sentences
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Throughout this country, and especially amongst the Uzbegs, there is a fortified wall in the form of a square surrounding each village, with small bastions or towers at the angles.
From A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Burslem, Rollo Gillespie
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
Such, besides the already mentioned Turkomans of Parthian lineage, are all the nomad and many of the settled inhabitants of Khiva, Ferghana, Karategin, Bokhara, generally comprised under the name of Uzbegs and "Sartes."
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
The Uzbegs interpreted this as a symbolical demand: Peace or War?
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
