| Turkmen tribes Türkmen taýpalary تۆركمن طایپالاریٛ | |
|---|---|
 Carpet rosettes (göller) representing five major modern Turkmen tribes as used in the National Flag of Turkmenistan | |
| Ethnicity | Turkmen |
| Descended from | Oghuz tribes |
| Branches | Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng, Saryk and others |
| Language | Turkmen |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The major modern Turkmen tribes are Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng and Saryk.[1][2] The most numerous are the Teke.[3]
The origin of all of these tribes is traced to 24 ancient Oghuz tribes, among which the Salur tribe played a prominent role as its people are considered the ancestors of modern Turkmen tribes such as Teke, Yomut and Ersari.[4][5]
Seljuks, Khwarazmians, Qara Qoyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, Ottomans and Afsharids are also believed to descend from the early Oghuz Turkmen tribes of Qiniq, Begdili, Yiwa, Bayandur, Kayi and Afshar respectively.[6][7][8]
- ^ Peyrouse, Sebastien (2015-02-12). Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 9781317453260.
- ^ Edgar, Adrienne Lynn (2006-09-05). Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan. Princeton University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9781400844296.
- ^ Adle, Chahryar (2005-01-01). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period : from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. UNESCO. p. 47. ISBN 9789231039850.
- ^ Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, "Shajare-i Tarakime" org. text pp. 207-218 and trans. pp. 267-268.
- ^ Ataniyazov, Soltansha (1994). Genealogy of the Turkmen. Turan-1. p. 208.
- ^ Абулгази - Родословная туркмен. паровая тип. К.М. Федорова. 1897.
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- ^ « The Timurid and Turkmen Dynasties of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia », in : David J. Roxburgh, ed., The Turks: A Journey of Thousand Years, 600-1600. London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2005, pp. 192-200