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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THE ORIGIN OF THE Turkmen.
— WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
THE MINOR TRIBES.
Vambery's account of the origin of the Turkmen.
— Meaning of the term “Turkmen."
— Progress of the Tekkes. — Invasions of
Turkmenia. — The Shahs and the Kurds. — The
relations of Khiva and Bokharawith the Turkmen.
— The number of slaves in the two Khanates. —
Burnes' list of the Turcoman tribes. — Position of
the tribes in 1880-40. — Vambery’s list. —
Changes in the interval. — Petroosevitch's list.
— Translation of Petroosevitch's account of the
lesser Turcoman tribes. — The tribes subject to Bokhara.
— The Ersari. — Divisions of the tribes. —
The Yomuds. — Difference between the Tchomoor and
Tcharva. — The winter at Chikishlar. — Turcoman
pirates. — Statistics of the Yomud clans. — The
Goklans. — Differences in the estimates of the total
of the tribe. — Description of the Goklan region.
— Loveliness of the scenery. — A topographical
description of the Kopet Dagh and Elburz region. —
“One of the most favored spots in the world."
— Ruins of ancient cities. — Rawlinson at
fault. — “Happy Land." — The scourge
of the Tekke Turkmen."
Wild warriors, in stormy freedom bred."
MOORE, Veiled Prophet. "
In no people is the pride of birth stronger than in the Turkmen
; these ugly little savages have the most sovereign
contempt for their good-looking neighbors, the Persians,
and believe they are the only people of any real
consequence in the world." —
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