Ersari

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Ersari Ärsary
Tribe
Ethnicity	Turkmen
Location	Central Asia
Population	2.1 million
Branches	Four

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Ersari (Turkmen: Ärsary, where Er - brave man, master; sari - light, bright, yellow) are one of the major tribes of the Turkmen people of Central Asia and one of the five major tribes of the country of Turkmenistan.^[1] They live mainly in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.