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- noun Plural form of
Khivan .
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Examples
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On the pretext that the Khivans had aided the rebellious Kirghiz, the
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Khivans with my importance, and that on this occasion it was better to ride in without any caravan than with the small one I possessed.
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We were followed by crowds of people; and as some of the more inquisitive approached too closely, the Khivans who accompanied me, raising their whips in the air, freely belaboured the shoulders of the multitude, thus securing
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The two Khivans rode first; I followed, having put on my black fur pelisse instead of the sheep-skin garment, so as to present
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The Czar's Government also accused the Khivans of holding some Russian subjects in captivity, and of breaking their treaty of 1842 with Russia by helping the Khirgiz Horde in a recent revolt against their new masters.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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Khivans carry on their iniquitous barter of Persians with the Toorkomans in security.
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