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A tribe of Turkomans, so called from their standards. The Sophiveʹan dynasty of Persia was founded by one of this tribe.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.