Kirghiz, a nomadic Turkish people occupying the Kirghiz steppes, an immense tract E. of the Ural River and the Caspian Sea, numbering 2½ millions, adventurous, witty, and free-spirited; refuse to settle; retain ancient customs and characteristics, and are Moslems only in name.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Kirby, William * Kirk Session