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Kuns

History

At the beginning of the 7th century trekked north of the Gobi Desert. In the 8th and 9th centuries included in Uyghur Khaganate. Migrated to the upper Yenisei, being adjacent to the Kayi.

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About subsequent events al-Marvazi reports that Kayi pushed Kuns, and those, in turn, Sari (Polovtsians, Kipchaks).

In the 11th to 13th centuries name - Kuns - occurs in Hungarian and Russian ancient books along with Cumans and Kipchaks.

According to one version, the tribe Toksoba referred to various primary sources, was Kuns, and this period corresponded to the Don Polovtsians. There is also a version of that the Russian name of Polovtsians - Sarochins evolved from two roots - Sari and Kuns.

Descendants of Ancient Kuns

Currently Kuns - call themselves part of the Hungarians, erecting their genealogy back to medieval Kuns-Toksoba from the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. Kuns in Hungary mainly live in areas Kunshag Small and Large Kunshag. According to official historiography of Hungary known that Kuns consistently settled Danube - two migrations. The first was in the 11th century, the second - at Köten-Khan in the 13th century.

Also descendants of kuns-toksoba live in the South Ural - are representatives of bashkirian clans - Qipsaq, Nughay-Buryjan and Teleu.

References

Kuns Wikipedia