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‖ ulus|ˈuːluːs| Also † Oolooss. [Turk.] In Afghanistan, a tribe.
1815M. Elphinstone Caubul ii. ii. 159 The name of Oolooss is applied either to a whole tribe, or to one of these independent branches. The word seems to mean a clanish commonwealth. 1902East India (N.-W. Frontier) Mahsud-Waziri Operations 125 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1177) LXXI. 649 In return for the allowances, both Maliks and Levies are expected to serve Government, to control the body of the clansmen, the ‘ulus’, and to arrange that individual offenders are surrendered for trial. 1953O. Caroe Soviet Empire iii. 35 The Mongol ulus or hordes. |