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4. Karabalkan-- Tshotur, Kapan, Szigirsiki, Pashej, Adjibeg 5. Kyryk-- Giyinlik Szufian, Dehene Karakuzu, Tcheke, Gokese Kabaszakal, Ongut, Kongor.

6. Bajindir-- Kalaydji, Koruk, Yapagi Yadji Keszir Yasagalik Toreng.

7. Gerkesz-- Mollalar, Kosze Ataniyaz Mehrem Borre.

8. Jangak-- Korsut Madjiman, Kotu, Dizegri, Szaridsche, Ekiz.

9. Szengrik-- Karashur, Akshur, Kutchi, Khar, Sheikhbegi.

10. Aj Dervisch-- Otschu, Kodjamaz, Dehli, Tchikszari, Arab, Adschem, Kandjik.

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These ten branches are said to contain ten thousand tents, a number, perhaps, not exaggerated.

IX. YOMUT.

The Yomuts inhabit the East sh.o.r.e of the Caspian Sea and some of its islands. Their original appellation is Gorghen Yomudu (Yomuts of the Gorghen). Besides these there are the Khiva-Yomudu (Yomuts of Khiva), who have chosen for their abode the other end of the desert, close upon the Oxus.

The particular places in the desert where the Yomuts first above mentioned are wont to encamp, beginning to reckon them from the Persian frontier upward, are as follows:--

1. _Khodja Nefes_., at the lower mouth of the Gorghen, an encampment of from forty to sixty tents, furnishes a strong contingent to the audacious pirates that render the Persian coast so insecure.

2. _Gomushtepe_, more particularly a winter quarter, not habitable in summer on account of the prevalence of virulent fevers. It extends, as already mentioned, in the upper mouth of the Gorghen, which is here tolerably deep, and which, from the wonderful number of fish that it yields, is of great service to this tribe.

3. _Hasankuli_, on the sh.o.r.e of the gulf of this sea, having the same name. This place is densely peopled in summer, and produces tolerably good melons.

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4. _Etrek_ lies to the left of Hasankuli, on the banks of the river of like appellation, which, at a distance of six miles from this place, precipitates itself into the sea.

5. _Tchekishlar_, also a Yaylak (summer abode), near to the hill on the sea-sh.o.r.e, named Ak Tepe.

6. _Tcheleken_, [Footnote 97] an island only distant a few miles from the continent. The inhabitants are peaceful traders.

[Footnote 97: Better written Tchereken from the Persian Tchar-ken, the four mines, so called on account of the four princ.i.p.al productions of the island.]

The Yomuts are divided into the following branches and clans:--

_Taife._ _Tire._

1. Atabay-- Sehene, Dungirtchi, Tana Kisarka, Kesze, Temek.

2. Djafer bay, having again two divisions,

a. Yarali-- Iri Tomatch, Kizil Sakalli, Arigkoseli, Tchokkan borkan, Onuk Tomatch.

b. Nurali-- Kelte, Karindjik, Gazili Kor, Hasankululu kor Pankotek.

3. Sheref Djuni, of whom one part dwells in Gorghen, and the other in Khiva,

a. Gorghen-- Karabolke, Tevedji, Telgay Djafer.