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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it is unnecessary to speak.
Experiencing devastation during the conquest of Khiva in
1873 they became pacified, if not effectually, at least
for a very considerable period. Moreover, a mass of
information respecting the Khivan Turkmen has been
collected by the Turkestan authorities, and little new
can be added by explorers from the Caspian. The reverse
is the case with the Turkmen of the Persian border.
"
Before dealing with these latter, we
will make a few remarks about the Turcoman tribes
occupying the left bank of the Amu Darya, from the
Bokharan town of Charjuito the Afghan town of Khoja Sala.
Fifteen miles above Charjui dwell the Sakar tribe,
numbering 3,000 families. Twenty
miles from them, higher up the river, are disposed the
Sayat and Eski clans of the Chodor tribe (in the
aggregate 200 families), and after these commence the
thickly spread settlements of the Ersari, stretching
along the river to the Afghan frontier, and even
traversing it.
The Ersari
are divided into four great divisions: Number of
Tents. Locality.
- Kara - - 20,000 - Khoja-Kunduz
- Ooloo-Tapa 20,000 - Khalatch and Pelvart
- Kooniash - 15,000 • Zengi-Baba and
Astan-Baba.
- Bekaoul - 2,000 - Boordalik, on the right side of
the
- In all - 57,000 river, opposite Khoja - Kunduz.
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