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The '''Naimans''' ([[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: ''naiman'', "eight") was a Mongolian name given to a group of [[Turkic people]]<ref>Ratchnevsky, Paul. "Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy". 2000, pp.1-4.</ref> from Sekiz Oghuz (means 'Eight Oghuz' in [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]), dwelling on the steppe of [[Central Asia]], having diplomatic relations with the [[Kara-Khitai]], and subservient to them until 1177. Like the Khitai, many of them were [[Nestorian]] [[Christian]]s. |
The '''Naimans''' or the '''Naiman Mongols<ref>http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Mongolia.html</ref><ref>http://www.idiocentrism.com/reservoir.htm</ref>''' ([[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: ''naiman'', "eight" or essentially "Eight Mongols") was a Mongolian name given to a group of [[Mongol]] and/or [[Turkic people]]<ref>Ratchnevsky, Paul. "Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy". 2000, pp.1-4.</ref> from Sekiz Oghuz (means 'Eight Oghuz' in [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]), dwelling on the steppe of [[Central Asia]], having diplomatic relations with the [[Kara-Khitai]], and subservient to them until 1177. Like the Khitai, many of them were [[Nestorian]] [[Christian]]s. |
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More than 400,000 of the [[Kazakh]] population are Naimans (see [[Modern Kazakh tribes]]). They originate from eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. Some Naimans dissimilated with the [[Kyrgyz]] and [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] ethnicities. |
More than 400,000 of the [[Kazakh]] population are Naimans (see [[Modern Kazakh tribes]]). They originate from eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. Some Naimans dissimilated with the [[Kyrgyz]] and [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] ethnicities. |
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Revision as of 05:33, 16 March 2008
The Naimans or the Naiman Mongols[1][2] (Mongolian: naiman, "eight" or essentially "Eight Mongols") was a Mongolian name given to a group of Mongol and/or Turkic people[3] from Sekiz Oghuz (means 'Eight Oghuz' in Turkic), dwelling on the steppe of Central Asia, having diplomatic relations with the Kara-Khitai, and subservient to them until 1177. Like the Khitai, many of them were Nestorian Christians.
More than 400,000 of the Kazakh population are Naimans (see Modern Kazakh tribes). They originate from eastern Kazakhstan. Some Naimans dissimilated with the Kyrgyz and Uzbek ethnicities.
There is a small population of Naimans in Afghanistan. They belong to the Hazara tribe and reside in a small village called Naiman. They are Sunni Muslims.
The following map shows the approximate location of the Naimans at about the year 1200, before the Mongol unification by Genghis Khan.
Religion
By the time they were conquered by Genghis Khan most of the Naimans were Christians. They remained so after the Mongol conquest and were among the second wave of Christians to enter China with Kublai Khan.[4]
See also
Other pre-Genghis Mongolian tribes include
References
- ^ http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Mongolia.html
- ^ http://www.idiocentrism.com/reservoir.htm
- ^ Ratchnevsky, Paul. "Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy". 2000, pp.1-4.
- ^ Cary-Elwes, Columba. China and the Cross. (New York: P. J. Kenedy and Sons, 1956) p. 37
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