Pechenegs are mentioned as one of 24 ancient tribes of Oghuzes by 14th-century statesman and historian of Ilkhanate-ruled Iran Rashid-al-Din Hamadani in his work Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh ("Compendium of Chronicles") with the meaning of the ethnonym as "the one who shows eagerness". 17th-century Khan of Khanate of Khiva and historian Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur mentions the Pechenegs as "bechene" among 24 ancient tribes of Turkmens (or Oghuzes) in his book "Shajara-i Tarākima" (“Genealogy of the Turkmen") and provides for its meaning as "the one who makes".