Kimak–Kipchak confederation
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The Kimak–Kipchak confederation was a medieval Turkic state formed by seven peoples, including the Kimaks and Kipchaks, in the area between the Ob and Irtysh rivers.
Kipchak "balbal" in Dnipro
Kazakh eagle hunting by E.M.Korneev
Kara-Khanid Khanate
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The Kara-Khanid Khanate, also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids, was a Karluk Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia from the 9th to the early 13th century. The dy
Anikova dish: Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of the Siege of Jericho, probably made by Sogdian artists under Karluk dominion, in Semirechye. Cast silver of the 9th-10th century, copied from an original 8th century plate.
Armoured horsemen on the Anikova dish, Jetisu c. 800.
Tomb of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (r. 920–955 CE) the first Muslim Khan of the Kara-Khanids, in Artush, Xinjiang
The Kara-Khanid Ilig Khan (left) facing Mahmud of Ghazni riding an elephant in 1017–1018. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1306-14 (Edinburgh Or Ms 20)