Türkmen

1. pluralplural of Türkman

plural Türkmens

1. rareRare spelling of Turkmen.

   In 455/1063, Qutalmïsh recruited many of his fifty thousand Türkmens in the same region.

   2010, David Durand-Guédy, Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers: A History of Isfahan in the Saljuq Period, Routledge, →ISBN

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   In the tents of the Kurdish nomads, just as in the tents of the Türkmens, are woven rugs that enjoy great demand.

   1984, W. Barthold, translated by Svat Soucek, An Historical Geography of Iran, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 198

   After the abolition of Čaγatajid rule in Türkistan at the beginning of the 16th century, the Türkmens were constantly being torn apart by neighboring and rival powers: the Özbeks and Persians; occasionally the Qazaqs and the xānates of Xīwa and Buxārā.

   1995, Karl H[einrich] Menges, The Turkic Languages and Peoples: An Introduction to Turkic Studies, 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 41

1. not comparablerareRare spelling of Turkmen.

   Türkmen embroidery is individual and peculiarly vigorous.

   1976, Mügül Andrews, Peter Andrews, “Foreword”, in Türkmen Needlework: Dressmaking and Embroidery Among the Türkmen of Iran, Central Asian Research Centre, →ISBN, page 5

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   By the time that scientific interest was first focused on Türkmen weaving, a large part of its traditions had already been lost, but at the same time, toward the end of the last century, the actual production of rugs was probably at an unprecedented high.

   1978, Anthony N. Landreau, editor, Yörük: The Nomadic Weaving Tradition of the Middle East, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, page 56

   Sultan Alparslan mounted a military campaign to eastern Anatolia aimed at uniting and controlling the Türkmen groups as well as some of the Christian principalities; […]

   1989, James Mellaart, The Goddess from Anatolia: Anatolian Kilims Past and Present, Eskenazi, →ISBN, page 27

   The Islamisation of Central Asia never succeeded in completely eradicating earlier shamanistic beliefs, particularly amongst the nomadic Türkmen and, according to two academics of Türkmen culture, M.B. Durjev and M. Demidov, these beliefs can be summed up as follows.

   1997, Brian W. MacDonald, Tribal Rugs: Treasures of the Black Tent, The Antique Collectors’ Club, →ISBN, page 36

   The Türkmen peoples had originated in Central Asia, and migrated into Iran, the Caucasus, and eastern Anatolia during the period of the 10th to 13th centuries. Many Türkmen tribes adopted a pastoral economy, though some settled into villages as animal husbandmen.

   2000, James J. Reid, Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse 1839–1878, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 209

   The importance of the angle of the diagonal has been observed by scholars of the more recent Türkmen rugs from Central Asia, […]

   2002, Walter B[ell] Denny, Sumru Belger Krod, The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets, The Textile Museum, →ISBN, page 17