The Borjigin clan. Genghis Khan’s clan
Screex In the 13th century the concept of «nationality», especially in the sense in which we...
Kaiser-i Rum: were the Ottoman sultans Byzantine emperors
For the Ottoman sultans, Rome did not end in 1453 with the conquest of Constantinople,...
Cage life and child marriage: 10 crazy Ottoman laws and customs that would seem wild to us today
The traditions of the times of the Ottoman Empire are nowadays most often a source...
Abylai Khan
Abylai (Abylmansur) — an outstanding statesman, politician, diplomat, unifier of Kazakh lands. He was born...
Political portrait of Abylai Khan
The XVIII century entered the history of the Kazakh people as the era of Ablai....
IN SEARCH OF A HOMELAND. WHERE DID THE ANCESTORS OF THE HUNGARIANS COME FROM?
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Hungarians celebrated the «Millennium of the Homeland»,...
KIPCHAKS: AN ETHNOS AND ITS NAME
The term «Kipchak», known in medieval Arab-Persian historiography, changed its content in the course of...
Origin of the Nyman people
The Kazakhs trace their ancestry … from the people of the Turks. … The Turks...
Abu Nasr Al-Farabi — Kipchak of Otrar
On the outskirts of the Assyrian city of Haleb, where the route of the Great...
Modern Kazakhs and the Kipchak heritage
The Kipchaks (Kipchaks, in Old Russian chronicles — Polovtsians, in European sources — Kumans) were...