MONGOL CONQUEST OF THE KIPCHAK TRIBES OF EASTERN DESHT-I KIPCHAK AND THE FATE OF THE KIPCHAK ELITE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE MONGOL EMPIRE
The Kipchak tribes occupied a vast territory from the Irtysh in the east to the Danube in the west. This territory was called "Desht-i Kipchak" (Kipchak Steppe) by Eastern authors.…