The Qilichi tribe of
Sabzevar
The
first appearance in Persia of the Turkish hordes is said to have taken place
early in the seventh century, when a tribe named Khozars, under their chief
Zubeel, issuing from the plains of the Volga, joined the Emperor Heraclius in
Georgia, and entering with him obtained a permanent footing. Since that period
various races, by families, by armies, or by nations, from the deserts beyond
the Oxus, and from the banks of the Volga, have poured periodically into the
country. The Parthians themselves are supposed to be of Scythian origin. Next
came the dynasties of Saman, of Ghizni, and of Seljuk, who were descended from
Turkomans. Then came the Moguls under Zingis, the Turks under Timur, and,
finally, the Uzbecks. Besides these great inroads, many tribes, being pressed
forward by an overabundant population, have settled in Mavar al Nahar, and in
the desert between that province and Khorasan, whence they have insinuated themselves
into Persia. From these various marauders the noblest of the military clans
have sprung. Thus the Kujurs (the ruling race at this day) and the Kara Tatars
came in with Timur; the Ghileechee of Subzawar in Khorasan derive from the
stock of Tocktamish, the ruler of Kipchauk; and doubtless they accompanied that
chief when he invaded Persia about the end of the fourteenth century.
J.B. Fraser — An historical and descriptive account of
Persia (1834)
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