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The description of the Kyrgyz as "large, with red hair, white faces, and green or blue eyes" in Tang Chinese sources and also Tibetan and Islamic sources have tempted a number of researchers to assume that the Kyrgyz may have originally been non-Turkic or at least an ethnically mixed people with a large non-Turkic element.
The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages. [37] [38]According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia, [39] potentially in the Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.
Skulls with East Asian features are often found in burials associated with the Kipchaks in Central Asia and Europe. [53] An early description of the physical appearance of Kipchaks comes from the Great Ming Code (大明律) Article 122, [54] in which they were described as overall 'vile' and having blonde/red hair and blue/green eyes. Han ...
The Cumans were reported to be handsome people with blond hair, fair skin and blue eyes, [13]: 36 [82] and attractive women. [ 132 ] : 32, 52 [ 133 ] Cuman women had a high reputation for their beauty amongst the Russian aristocracy.
Kyrgyz are the only Turkic people native to Pakistan. The Kyrgyz in Pakistan live mostly in the north, primarily Chitral, where Kyrgyz is the only Turkic language spoken in Pakistan. [81] There are only a few thousand left, and many have assimilated with Pashtun or the Kho. [82] They used to dominate the region of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Other Turkic peoples, especially other speakers of Kipchak languages Share of Tatars in regions of Russia, 2010 census " Tatar " [ b ] ( / ˈ t ɑː t ər z / TAH -tərz ) [ 32 ] is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia.
He had eyes like "colored glazes", [81] [82] he had a red complexion, and his face was wide. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] However, a complete genetic analysis of Muqan Qaghan's daughter Empress Ashina (551–582) in 2023 by Xiaoming Yang et al. found nearly exclusively Ancient Northeast Asian ancestry (97,7%) next to minor West-Eurasian components (2,3%), and ...
Dungan [a] is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. [6] Turkic-speaking peoples in Xinjiang also sometimes refer to Hui Muslims as Dungans. [7]