Onogurs

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The Onogurs were a confederation of early medieval Turkic-speaking nomadic tribes active in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, closely associated with the origins of the Bulgars.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Onogurs canonical 5
Kutrigurs 2
Utigurs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic nomadic confederation
early medieval people
activeInRegion Eurasian steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Pontic–Caspian steppe
associatedWith Bulgars
Proto-Bulgarians
linked to: Bulgars
confederationOf Turkic-speaking tribes
culturalInfluence Volga–Kama region
linked to: Volga-Ural region

early medieval Balkans
culturalSphere nomadic steppe culture
economicActivity horse breeding
pastoral nomadism
ethnicity Turkic
geopoliticalContext Caspian steppe
Pontic steppe
influenced early medieval Bulgaria
formation of the Bulgar people
language Turkic languages
mentionedBy Armenian sources
Byzantine sources
Syriac sources
militaryActivity raids into Byzantine territories
militaryRole steppe cavalry
nameEtymology possibly from Turkic for "ten tribes"
nomadicLifestyle true
partOf early Turkic steppe world
politicalOrganization tribal federation
politicalRelations Avar Khaganate
Byzantine Empire
Göktürk Khaganate
Sasanian Empire
politicalStatus steppe power
relatedGroup Huns
Kutrigurs
linked to: Onogurs

Onoğur Bulgars
linked to: Onogur Bulgars

Sabirs
Utigurs
linked to: Kipchaks
religion Tengrism
socialStructure tribal confederation
successorGroup Danubian Bulgars
linked to: Bulgars

Volga Bulgars
linked to: Bulgars
territorialRange north of the Black Sea
regions around the lower Volga
timePeriod 5th century
6th century
7th century
early Middle Ages
usedScript runiform Turkic script (hypothesized)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oghur languages historicallySpokenBy Kutrigurs
linked to: Onogurs
Oghur languages historicallySpokenBy Utigurs
linked to: Onogurs
Oghur Turkic spokenBy Onogurs
Onogur Bulgaria namedAfter Onogurs
Patria Onoguria namedAfter Onogurs
Onogurs relatedGroup Kutrigurs
linked to: Onogurs