1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) ii. xx. 150 Their poverty..as I have seen in some of their Tekes where I have been.

1842 C. Masson Narr. var. Journeys II. 278 Many takías are interspersed amongst all the burial-places.

1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. 124 A Takiya is a place where Dervishes have rooms, and perform their devotions.

1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah II. 29 It is flanked on the left..by the domes and minarets of a pretty Turkish building, a ‘takiyah’, erected by the late Mohammed Ali for the reception of Dervish travellers.

1856 Lady Easthope tr. Ubicini Lett. on Turkey I. 109 He had finished and issued forth from the precincts of the tekieh.

1868 J. P. Brown Dervishes 103 I may here add that of the two hundred, or more, Tekkiehs in Constantinople, some fifty only are possessed of sufficient wealth for their support.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 233/1 The Tekiyeh, or shrine of the Bektash dervishes, on the western bank of the [Tigris] river.

1900 ‘Odysseus’ Turkey in Europe v. 194 Monograms of his name [Ali] are a conspicuous feature in most dervish Tekkes.

1932 G. Kampffmeyer in H. A. R. Gibb Whither Islam? 167 The tekkes or monasteries of the religious orders and the turbes or the tombs of the saints are closed.

1977 H. Kaplan Damascus Cover (1978) x. 90 Damascus is overflowing with exotic sights: the tomb of Saladin,..the Tekkiyeh of Suleiman.

1980 A. Alpers Life K. Mansfield xxi. 376 Gurdjieff['s]..‘study-house’..resembled..a Dervish tekke.

a1985 D. R. Oakley-Hill Englishman in Albania (2002) i. 29 Ahead was a substantial stone building. This was the Bektashi teqe, or monastery, of Prishte.., and Esat's cousin was the Baba or head of it.

1825 J. B. Fraser Narr. Journey into Khorasān xii. 259 The Tuckehs are a treacherous and faithless race.

1838 A. Conolly Journey N. India Overland I. iii. 28 The Tekkahs range from north of the Gôklans up to Khiva, and beyond Merve Shah Jehan they are found upon the banks of the Oxus.

1889 G. N. Curzon Russia in Cent. Asia iv. 76 Some mills worked by the Tekkes during the siege.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 469/2 The Salors, an old and important tribe, suffered much in the course of fights with the Tekkes and in 1857 migrated to Zarabad in Persian territory near the Hari-rud.

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

1984 R. Wixman Peoples of USSR 188 The Teke were famous for the production of carpets (Bukharan or Teke carpets). Many Teke..migrated to Afghanistan during the Basmachi rebellion.

1825 J. B. Fraser Narr. Journey into Khorasān xii. 256 We find to the north, the Gocklan, the Yamoot, and Tuckeh Toorkomans.

1864 Á. Vámbéry Trav. Central Asia xii. 237 Amongst the Tekke Turkomans are reckoned at the present hour more than 15,000 mounted robbers.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 42/1 The Tekke tribe..like the other tribes inhabiting Turcomania, enjoyed until the approach of the Russians virtual independence.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XI. 607/1 The standard field pattern..is a repeat in rows of a particoloured, multi-foiled lozenge, a basic motif that serves as the symbol, or gul, of the Tekke tribe.

1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs iv. 40 From the rest of it [sc. angora fleece] Kashmir shawls are made, and carpet-weaving is illustrated in the finer Tartar fabrics—Tekkes, Yomuds, and Bokhara prayer rugs.

1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xii. 227 Tekke rugs..will continue to be sold as Bokharas.

1911 G. Griffin Lewis Practical Bk. Oriental Rugs i. x. 135 Tekke Field Design.—A repetition of a..Y-shaped design. Found only in the Tekke rugs, especially those of the prayer variety.

1911 G. Griffin Lewis Practical Bk. Oriental Rugs ii. xvi. 276 Tekke Bokhara. Why so named.—Because they are made by the Tekke Turkoman tribes of Nomads.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 57 (caption) Bokhara garden rug. Compare garden designs in Tekke and Saryk prayer rugs.

1967 Times 21 Feb. 21/4 (advt.) A number of fine Turkomans: Tekke Bokhara.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 867/1 Tekke carpets... Primarily the rugs that were commonly on the market as Royal Bokharas a generation or two ago... The standard field pattern for the large rugs is a repeat in rows of a particoloured, multifoiled lozenge, a basic motif that serves as the symbol, or gul, of this tribe.