Tekke

people

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history of Turkmenistan

  • Turkmenistan
    In Turkmenistan: Turkmen tribes and Russian invasion

    …ascendancy passed to the Yomuts, Tekkes, Ersaris, and Saryks, who began to move out of the desert into the oases of Khorezm and to the Atrek, Tejen, and Morghāb rivers and to adopt a settled way of life. There was bitter rivalry among the tribes, particularly between the Tekke and…

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