Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.782

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1754.—"The Kirgeese Tartars . . . are divided into three Khordas, under the Government of the Khan. That part which borders on the Russian dominions was under the authority of Jean Bēek, whose name on all occasions was honoured with the title of Bater."—*Hanway*, ii. 239. The name Jean Bēek is probably Janibek, a name which one finds among the hordes as far back as the early part of the 14th century (see Ibn Batuta, ii. 397).