Merv, the Queen of the
World;
and the Scourge of the Man-stealing Turcomans. With an
Exposition of the Khorassan Question:
By Charles Thomas Marvin, Published by W.H. Allen, 1881
CHAPTER III. THE ORIGIN OF THE TURKMEN.
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINOR TRIBES.
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PETROOSEVITCH'S LIST. 49
lished, besides being the latest, has the merit of being
based on information derived during the numerous
expeditions against the Turkmen undertaken by Russia
since 1869. His list does not include all the Turkmen of
the Khivan oasis.
Tribes. Tents.
1. Tekke - - - - - 80,000
2. Ersari 30,000
3. Yomud 35,000
4. Goklan 6,000
5. Chodor - omitted
6. Sank 13,000
7. Salor (with Tekke)
8. Kara (with Ersari)
9. Sakar 3,000
10. Various 2,000
Total (incomplete) - - 169,000 tents.
845,000 souls.
The following is a translation of
Petroosevitch's account of the Turkmen, published at Tiflis
in 1880:—
“On the borders of the Khivan
oasis are the Yomuds of the Bairam-Shali division, who
number from 15,000 to 20,000 tents. To the north of the
Yomuds, and between them and the Uzbek population of the
khanate of Khiva, are the Chodors. In the khanate of
Khiva are to be found 2,000 Goklan families; 4.000 more
of the same tribe wandering between the Atreck and
Gorgon, and acknowledging allegiance to the Shah. Of the
Turkmen of Khiva
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