Sarykn.

1885 E. W. Hamilton Diary 9 Apr. (1972) II. 831 The news reached me that the Russian Colonel—Alikhanoff—attacked the Afghans at Penjdeh on the 30th,..and that Alikhanoff had actually instigated the Sariks (a Turcoman tribe in that neighbourhood) to attack the English party... The Sariks fortunately declined the offer.

1889 G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia v. 96 Transcaspia…includes..the minor oases inhabited by the Sarik and Salor Turkomans.

1899 F. H. Skrine & E. D. Ross Heart of Asia ii. iv. 268 The Merv oasis was inhabited by the Sāriks,..who were engaged in a struggle with the Khivans.

1957 C. W. Hostler Turkism & Soviets ii. 69 The Turkmens are divided into seven main tribes (the Chauders,..Sariks, Salors and Ersaris).

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 800/1 The number of people in other tribes (the Salyr, Saryk, Groklen, and Choudor) fluctuated between 20,000 and 40,000.

1922 H. Clark Bokhara, Turkoman & Afghan Rugs p. xiv In the course of years I acquired..specimens of Salor, Saryk..and Afghan Turkoman rugs... A Saryk Turkoman rug of the early 18th century, nearly square in shape and of wonderful colouring.

1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 248/2 Saryk rugs, Turkestan rugs, generally not so fine in texture as Bokhara rugs.., but bearing a similar design.

1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs ii. 286 Even today nine out of ten dealers have never heard of the name ‘Saryk’.

1964 Sunday Times 19 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 25 Sarik. Carpet from a Turcoman tribe almost destroyed by the Tekkes in the last century.