Naimans
The Naiman (Mongolian: Найман, Naiman, "eight"; Chinese: 乃蠻; Kazakh: Найман, Naiman; Uzbek: Nayman) were a medieval tribe originating in the territory of modern Western Mongolia (possibly during the time of the Uyghur Khaganate), and are one of the tribes of modern Mongols and in the middle juz of the Kazakh nation.
Location of the Naiman khanate at the start of the Mongol Empire | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Mongolia | |
| China: Naiman Banner | |
| Kazakhstan | 940.000 |
| Languages | |
| Turkic, Mongolic, | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism (Mongolia) Islam (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan) Shamanism Nestorianism (Former) | |
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