People / group
Sarts
Sart was a name used in Central Asia for settled, town-dwelling and farming peoples, as distinct from nomads, especially in the oases of Khwarazm, Ferghana and Tashkent. Originally meaning 'merchant', it came to cover Turkic- and Persian-speaking settled Muslims. Russian officials used it as an ethnic label, but the Soviet authorities abandoned it in the 1920s, and most Sarts were counted as Uzbeks.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sarts. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sarts
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- “Sarts.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sarts. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Sarts.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sarts.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sarts’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sarts (Accessed: ).
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