Saryk

Saryk
Sarykly
Drawing of a Saryk man
Regions with significant populations
Marghab Valley (Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan)
Languages
Turkmen (Saryq dialect), Dari
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Turkmens, Afghan Turkmens, Iranian Turkmens

The Saryk (Turkmen: Sarykly) are a tribe of Turkmens in Turkmenistan.[1][2] The Saryk mostly live in the valley of the Marghab River (the ancient Margiana).[3]

  1. ^ "Turkmenistan - Turkmen tribes and Russian invasion | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
  2. ^ Isaacs, Rico; Marat, Erica (September 14, 2021). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9780429603594 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Olson, James Stuart; Pappas, Lee Brigance; Pappas, Nicholas Charles; Pappas, Nicholas C. J. (November 20, 1994). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313274978 – via Google Books.