1. Yalavadj . . . Yasz, Tiszi, Sakar, Ordukhodja. 2. Karaman . . . Alam, Gördjikli, Beybölegi. 3. Ana bölegi . . . Yadschi, Bokkara, Bakaschtlöre, Timur. VI. SARIK. These do not stand in less repute for bravery than the tribe of Salor. Their numbers, too, are less than they were formerly. At present the Sariks [Footnote 96] inhabit {305} the regions about Pendschdeh, on the bank of the Murgab. With the exception of their neighbours the Djemshidi, they are in hostile relations with all the Turkomans. They are separated into the following Taife and Tire:-- _Taife. Tire._ 1. Khorasanli-- Bedeng, Khodjali, Kizil, Huszeïnali. 2. Biradj-- Kanlibash, Kultcha, Szudjan. 3. Sokhti-- Tapyr, Mumatag, Kurd, Kadyr. 4. Alascha-- Kodjeck, Bogadja, Huszein Kara, Szaad, Okensziz. 5. Herzegi-- Yerki, Djanibeg, Kurama, Jatan, Japagy. The number of their tents, I was told, amounts to ten thousand. [Footnote 96: The women of this tribe, Sarik, have a peculiar renown as manufacturers of a tissue called Agary. It is formed of the hair of the young camel (three or four days old), which, after being boiled in milk, during four or five days acquires an elasticity and consistence as of a silk pulp; this substance they afterwards draw out and weave into the material so called. It is of particular beauty and strength, and is in high esteem, and of great value as a material for forming the overdress of men. It is to be met with in Persia, and always fetches high prices.] VII. TEKKE. These form at this day the greatest and most powerful tribe of the Turkomans. They are separated into two principal encampments--the first at Akhal (to the east of Tedjend), and the second at Merv. According to the best accounts, they have sixty thousand tents. Possessing less land that is capable of being cultivated than the other Turkoman tribes, they are, so to say, almost forced by nature itself to commit acts of robbery, and are a real scourge in the hand of God to the north-easterly portions of Persia, to Herat and its neighbourhood. I have only been able to ascertain the following subdivisions; there are probably many others:-- {306} _Taife._ _Tire._ 1. Ötemiscli-- Kelletscho, Sultansiz, Szitschmaz Kara Ahmed. 2. Bakhshi-- Perreng, Topaz, Körszagry, Aladjagöz, Tashajak Aksefi Goh, Marsi, Zakir, Kazilar. 3. Toktamish-- Bokburun Amanshah, Göktche Beg, Kara, Khar, Kongor, Yussuf, Jazi, Arik Karadja. VIII. GÖKLEN. Judging by the position and the relations in which I found these, I am justified in characterising them as belonging to the most peaceable and most civilised Turkomans. Willingly occupying themselves with the pursuits of agriculture, they are subject, most of them, to the King of Persia. They dwell in the lovely region so famed in history, that of the ancient Gurgan (now the ruins of Shehri Djordjan). Their branches and clans are as follows:--