Cumans
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The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians i
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Asia, circa 1200
The field of Igor Svyatoslavich's battle with the Cuman–Kipchaks, by Viktor Vasnetsov
After the Battle of Kerlés in 1068, Saint Ladislaus is fighting a duel with a cuman warrior who kidnapped a girl. (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Turkic peoples
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Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.
Bust of Kul Tigin (AD 684–731), prince of the Second Turkic Khaganate, found in Khashaat, Arkhangai Province, Orkhon River valley. National Museum of Mongolia.
A page from "Codex Kumanicus". The Codex was designed in order to help Catholic missionaries communicate with the Kumans.
Uyghur painting from the Bezeklik murals