Turkmans

One of the principal motives of my visit to the Turkmans was my desire to visit some ruins near their encampments, particularly those of Deir Samaan, which at Aleppo I had heard compared to the temples at Baalbec.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

One of the principal motives of my visit to the Turkmans was my desire to visit some ruins near their encampments, particularly those of Deir Samaan, which at Aleppo I had heard compared to the temples at Baalbec.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

One of the principal motives of my visit to the Turkmans was my desire to visit some ruins near their encampments, particularly those of Deir

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Kirkuk, by the way, is an interesting ancient city because it is predominantly Azeri-speaking Turkmans--another group who claim rights to the Kirkuk oilfield.

Bird Lives The Daily Growler 2006

And if Muqtada al - Sadr would be able to work with Christians and Turkmans and other groups, that's the beginning of the solution.

CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006 2006

The Turkmans are continually moving about on horseback from one village to another; they are tolerably well mounted and well armed, each with a gun, two pistols, a poignard, and a sabre.

Travels in Nubia 2004

The next morning some of us went with the Tripoline on shore, where we found a party of about twenty Turkmans, encamped under and around a single tent; they were selling grain, with which the buyers loaded several camels.

Travels in Nubia 2004

Many of these chiefs are Greeks, who by their long residence with the Turkmans have completely adopted their manners.

Travels in Nubia 2004

Zuleika is a maid of the Turkmans, betrothed to me.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

The Turkmans who were coming from the city thought that one of theirs had died in the encampment; and thus they were without knowledge one of the other, and they raised a weeping and wailing together such that it cannot be described.

Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869