SC - OT, places

[Decker, Terry D.]

The Kumans are a nomadic Turkish people who conquered southern Russia and
Walachia in the 11th Century.  They established a state along the Black Sea
until the Mongols rolled over them in the 13th Century.  Some were absorbed
into the Mongol Empire and others fled to Bulgaria and Hungary.

The Seklers I don't have anything to hand on, but the location and timing
suggest they were one of the nomadic groups forced out of the Caucasus by
the Pechenegs (9th Century if I remember correctly).  Possibly related to
the Magyars.

Bear

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> From: 	jeffrey stewart heilveil[SMTP:heilveil at students.uiuc.edu]
> Sent: 	Monday, March 23, 1998 12:32 PM
> To: 	Bucatar-sef
> Cc: 	PAUL W. GOLDSCHMIDT
> Subject: 	SC - OT, places
> 
> All this mention of trade routes reminded me that there is a wealth of
> information that I might yet tap into...  In my work translating some
> German stuff (alas, not from a cookbook) I keep running into mention of
> the Kumans and the Seklers.  Does anyone have a clue as to who these
> people are?  I would hazard that the kumans are Turks, but I am probably
> wrong.  My only knowledge about these people are that the Kumans are from
> south of Transylvania, and the Seklers lived in Southern Transylvania, and
> weren't christian by 1235.
> 
> Much obliged for any information,
> Bogdan din Brasov
> 
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