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Map of the Cuman-Kipchak state in 1200–1241. ... confederation of the Kazakh people. The name Kipchak also occurs as a surname in Kazakhstan. Some of the ...
In his 10th-century work, Ibn Haukal drew a map showing that Kipchak-Kimak tribes together with Oghuzes pastured in the steppes north of the Aral Sea, and al-Masudi at approximately the same time wrote that all of them were coaching along Emba and Yaik. In Middle East, the Cuman–Kipchak country began to be called Desht-i-Kipchak and Cumania. [18]
Throughout history, Kazakhstan has been home to many nomadic societies of the Eurasian Steppe, including the Sakas (Scythian-related), the Xiongnu, the Western Turkic Khaganate, the Kimek–Kipchak Confederation, the Mongol Empire, the Golden Horde and the Kazakh Khanate, which was established in 1465. [42]
The Kipchak languages (also known as the Kypchak, Qypchaq, Qypshaq or the Northwestern Turkic languages) are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family spoken by approximately 30 million people in much of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, spanning from Ukraine to China.
The Codex Cumanicus is composed of several Cuman–Kipchak dialects. [140] The Cumans' language was a form of Kipchak Turkic and was, until the 14th century, a lingua franca over much of the Eurasian steppes. [141] [142] A number of Cuman–Kipchak–Arabic grammar glossaries appeared in Mamluk lands in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is ...
It is also known as the Kipchak Khanate or the Ulus of Jochi, [a] and replaced the earlier, less organized Cuman–Kipchak confederation. [ 10 ] After the death of Batu Khan (the founder of the Blue Horde ) in 1255, his dynasty flourished for a full century, until 1359, though the intrigues of Nogai instigated a partial civil war in the late 1290s.
A Kazakh speaker, recorded in Taiwan A Kazakh speaker, recorded in Kazakhstan. Kazakh or Qazaq [a] is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia by Kazakhs. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan, and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia.
Kipchak may refer to: Kipchaks, a medieval Turkic people; Kipchak languages, a Turkic language group; Kipchak language, an extinct Turkic language of the Kipchak group; Kipchak Khanate or Golden Horde; Kipchak Mosque, a mosque in the village of Gypjak; Kipchak (village) Kipchak (Aimaq tribe), a tribe of Kyrgyz origin in Afghanistan; Desht-i Kipchak