Kipchaks
Sign in to savethumb|A Safavid Iran|Safavid depiction of the [[Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq ("Steppe of the Kipchaks"). Tabriz or Qavin, circa 1550. British Museum, Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq, (1550). Possible portrait of Kazakh khan]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200
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27 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Origins
- Early Kipchaks
- Mongol conquest era
- Golden Horde, Mamluk Sultanate and Yuan dynasty
- Language
- Religion
- Culture
- Kurgan stelae
- Confederations
- Kimek
- Cuman
- Golden Horde
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Physical appearance
- Genetics
- Legacy
- Kipchak peoples and languages
- Turkic identity issue
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A Safavid Iran|Safavid depiction of the [[Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq ("Steppe of the Kipchaks"). Tabriz or Qavin, circa 1550. British Museum, Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq, (1550). Possible portrait of Kazakh khan]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200
The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (Polovtsy) in Russian sources, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
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