Mervi Turks in Bukhara army
The following detail of the military force of the
kingdom will afford an insight into the power of the several districts, and
serve also to mark the great Uzbek tribes at present existing in the country.
The first list is composed of cavalry; I also add the names of their chiefs,
here called “Bee,” which is a Turkish word, better known in Europe as Bey.
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Tribes
|
No.
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Chiefs.
|
District.
|
|
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Kongrad
|
1,000
|
Moorad Bee
|
Kurshee
|
|
|
Suraee
|
1,000
|
Ashoor Bee
|
|
|
|
Yaboo
|
2,000
|
Md. Ameer Bee
|
|
|
|
Khitai
|
500
|
Hoosun Bee
|
Yargi Koorghan
|
|
|
Kipchack
|
500
|
Mahmood Bee
|
Chuluk
|
|
|
Surkh Khitai
|
800
|
Aderagood Bee Kut
|
Koorghan
|
|
|
Kara Kilpauk
|
400
|
Thikeem Bee
|
Sheeraz
|
|
|
Kur Khyooz
|
500
|
Shade Bee
|
Jizzak
|
|
|
Dyakhlee
|
600
|
Alum Bee
|
Punjenud
|
|
|
Meeng
|
2,000
|
Kut Bee
|
Ooloogut
|
|
|
Nymun
|
500
|
Kalaitoksa Bee
|
Zeodeen
|
|
|
Julaee
|
400
|
Roostum Bee
|
Punjshumbu
|
|
|
Meetna
|
400
|
Abdoo Jubbar Bee
|
Meetum
|
|
|
Bahreen
|
500
|
Kobad Bee
|
Katurchee
|
|
|
Boorkoot
|
500
|
Abdoo Jubber Bee
|
Nooratun
|
|
|
Kulloogh
|
600
|
Abdoo Russool Bee
|
Kermina
|
|
|
Huzara
|
300
|
Abdoo Jubber Bee
|
Ditto
|
|
|
Kutghun
|
300
|
Doulut Bee
|
Ditto from Koondooz
|
|
|
Arabuchee
|
400
|
Good Md. Bee
|
Karakool
|
|
|
Chunder
|
400
|
Dolmus Bee
|
Ditto
|
|
|
Toorkmuns N. of the Oxus
|
800
|
Eser Bee
|
Banks of the Oxus
|
|
|
Kalmucks
|
1,000
|
Rhodaee Nug
|
Bokhara
|
|
|
Mixed tribes of Bokhara, called “Shagird
Peshu”
|
2,000
|
The King
|
Bokhara
|
|
|
Mervees
|
1,000
|
Persians
|
Mad. Suduk Bee
|
Ditto
|
|
500
|
Moorad Bee Meer Akhor
|
Samarcand
|
||
|
Zorabadee
|
500
|
Lootf Ali Beg
|
Zorabud, near Kurshee
|
|
|
Grand total
|
19,500
|
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Sir Alexander Burnes, Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey
from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, narrative of a voyage on the
Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the King of Great Britain;
performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years
1831, 1832, and 1833. Vol. II. — London: John Murray, 1834. Pp. 373—374.
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