15 Facts About Kazakhs

Kazakhs are descendants of the ancient Turkic tribes – Kipchaks and the medieval Mongolic or Turco-Mongol tribes – Dughlats, Jalairs, Keraits.

Kazakhs likely began using that name during the 15th century.

Kazakhs had been at war with the Sultanis of Juji; while Jani Beg Khan and Karay Khan fled before him into Moghulistan.

Still it is common for Kazakhs to ask each other the tribe they belong to when they become acquainted with one another.

In more recent times Kazakhs have gradually employed a determined effort in revitalizing Islamic religious institutions after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Kazakhs believed in the supernatural forces of good and evil spirits, of wood goblins and giants.

Kazakhs are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group, who formed from various nomadic tribes and clans, sharing a common lifestyle.

Kazakhs formed as own ethno-linguistic group during the early 15th century, from a confederation of several pastoral nomadic groups of Northern Central Asia.

The Kazakhs are the most northerly of the Central Asian peoples, inhabiting a large expanse of territory in northern Central Asia and southern Siberia known as the Kazakh Steppe.

Genomic research found that Kazakhs are of primarily East Asian origin, and harbor two East Asian-related components, one dominant component, commonly found among Northern Asian populations and another minor component associated with historical Yellow River farmers.

An analysis of ancient Kazakhs found that East Asian haplogroups such as A and C did not begin to move into the Kazakh steppe region until around the time of the Xiongnu, which is around the onset of the Sargat Culture as well .

Kazakhs migrated into Dzungaria in the 18th century after the Dzungar genocide resulted in the native Buddhist Dzungar Oirat population being massacred.

In northern Tibet, Kazakhs clashed with Tibetan soldiers, and the Kazakhs were sent to Ladakh.

Kazakhs fled to Afghanistan in the 1930s escaping Bolshevik persecution.

In 1954 and 1969 Kazakhs migrated into Anatolia's Salihli, Develi and Altay regions.