What O'Donovan had witnessed was the end of Turcoman independence. War had broken out between the Russian army and the Turcoman tribesmen of the desert. The Hungarians refused to listen, however, and many were massacred during a Turcoman ambush. They then defeated Turcoman forces in other places of Kakheti. Mawsillu was a Turcoman tribe active in Aq Qoyunlu confederation and Safavid Empire. A Turcoman chieftain, Danishmend Gazi, founded a competing border state in central Anatolia. But your rodomontades (braggadocio) are not extraordinary; for a Turcoman never spake with judgement.