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2 unusual facts about Kipchak


Delhi Sultanate

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a former slave (Mamluk-Cuman-Kipchak) of Muhammad Ghori, was the first sultan of Delhi and his dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India.

A slave of Cuman-Kipchak origin, he proclaimed independence after the death of his patron and ruled from Delhi.


Berendei

In 1177, a Cuman-Kipchak army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the Berendei and Torkil.

Kipchak language

Bolgar-speaking Volga Bulgarians (later Kazan Tatars), Astrakhan Tatars, Balkars, Karachays, Kumyks, Cumans (later Crimean Tatars), Bashkirs and Mongolian aristocracy adopted the Kipchak language in the days of the Golden Horde.

Kipchaks

When members of the Armenian diaspora moved from the Crimean peninsula to the Polish-Ukrainian borderland in the end of the 13th century, they brought Kipchak, their adopted Turkic language with them.

Turki

The Karakhanid Uigur language was adapted for a cycle of works in Khorezm, where it was enriched by Oguz and Kipchak elements and turned into one of the medieval Türkic languages.


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