Bayandur (tribe)
The Bayandur (Azerbaijani: Bayandur, Turkish: Bayındır, Turkmen: Baýyndyr) or Bayundur, is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes. Originally one of the 7 original tribes that made up the Kimek confederation, they later joined the Oghuz Turks.[1] The Bayandur originated from Central Asia.
Bayındır | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan | |
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| Oghuz Turkic | |
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| Islam | |
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| Oghuz Turks |
The Bayandur tribe is notorious for leading the Aq Qoyunlu tribal confederation, that ruled parts of present-day Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, most of Iran, and Iraq.[2]
History
The Bayandur are known from Arab and Persian sources.[3]
The Bayandur were one of the 7 original tribes that made up the Kimek confederation, along with the Imur[4]/Imi,[5] Imak[4][5] Tatar, Kipchak, Lanikaz and Ajlad.[6] The Kimek tribes originated in the Central Asian steppes, and had migrated to the territory of present-day Kazakhstan.[4] The Bayandur, as part of the Kimek, were mentioned by Gardizi.[7]
The Bayandur left the Kimek and joined the Oghuz. After disintegrating, half of the tribe united with the Kipchaks.[1] While part of the Oghuz, they were mentioned by Kashgari.[7] They were described in the Russian Annals on 11th-century events while part of the Kipchaks.[3]
Bayundur today
Today in Turkmenistan, there is a village called Baýyndyroý in the Köneürgenç district (Daşoguz province), and a spring called Bagandar in Garrygala (Balkan province). There are also urugs (small clans) called Baýyndyr among the Turkmen tribes of Gokleng and Çandyr.[8]
References
- Elena Vladimirovna Boĭkova; R. B. Rybakov (2006). Kinship in the Altaic World: Proceedings of the 48th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Moscow 10-15 July, 2005. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-3-447-05416-4.
- electricpulp.com. "AQ QOYUNLŪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- Pletneva 1990.
- Agajanov 1992, p. 69.
- Kimball 1994.
- See Agajanov 1992, p. 69 and Kimball 1994
- Bosworth 2017.
- Ataniyazov, S. The Genealogy of the Turkmens (in Turkmen). Turan-1 Publishing House, Ashgabat, 1994. p. 61
Sources
- Agajanov, S. G. (1992). "The States of the Oghuz, the Kimek and the Kipchak". History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV: The Age of Achievement AD 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 61–76. ISBN 978-81-208-1595-7.
- C. Edmund Bosworth (15 May 2017). The Turks in the Early Islamic World. Taylor & Francis. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-1-351-88087-9.
- Pletneva S.A., "Kipchaks", Moscow, "Science", 1990, p. 74, ISBN 5-02-009542-7
- Kimball L., "The Vanished Kimak Empire", Western Washington U., 1994, pp. 371–373