Nogais

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Nogai people (also written as Nogay or Noghai, and sometimes called Caucasian Mongols) are a Turkic ethnic group in northern Dagestan and neighbouring areas of Chechnya and Stavropol Krai. They speak the Nogai language and are descendants of Kipchaks who formed the Nogai Horde. They are named after the Nogai Khan. The Nogai Horde supported the Astrakhan Khanate, and after the conquest of Astrakhan in 1556 by Russians, they transferred their allegiance to the Crimean Khanate. The Nogais protected the northern borders of the khanate, and through organized raids to the northern steppes prevented Slavic settlement. Many Nogais migrated to the Crimean peninsula to serve as khan's cavalry.

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