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Post by aynur on Jul 12, 2011 13:06:12 GMT 3
Out of all the nomadic steppe peoples I find the Cumans the most interesting ones. From what I've read, they were supposedly very open and tolerant towards all religions, including Islam and Christianity but the majority of them still practiced a form of Tengriism. I also strongly believe that there was a large diaspora of Cumans into Hungary. There's still an area in the country called Kunság, isn't there? It would suggest they are assimilated and mixed into the rest of Hungarians/Magyars.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jul 12, 2011 18:31:08 GMT 3
Yes, there were two major Cuman settlements in Hungary, located at places named Kiskunság and Nagykunság which are located south or southeast of Budapest.
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Post by laudatortemporisac on Jul 12, 2011 20:44:52 GMT 3
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outrider
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Post by outrider on Dec 25, 2012 15:16:13 GMT 3
Hi, is there anyone who can recommend a book about "cumans" (qipchaqs)? Preferably in english...
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Dec 26, 2012 13:21:28 GMT 3
Here are a few books I know:
- Golden, Peter B., Nomads and their neighbours in the Russian steppe: Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs, Ashgate/Variorum, 2003.
- Pálóczi-Horváth, András, Pechenegs, Cumans, Iasians: steppe peoples in medieval Hungary, Corvina, 1989.
- The Other Europe in the Middle Ages: Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, and Cumans, (ed. Florin Curta, Roman Kovalev), Brill, 2008.
- Vásáry, István, Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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