Kipchaks Kipchaks, the Turkic people inhabited in the vast
Eurasian Steppe, were put under Mongol domination by
Batu Khan, which he merged the majority of them into the
Golden Horde, named after
Jochi. Because of their steppe life, the Kipchaks were the most Mongolised people of the Turkic world, due to being too far away from many major Islamic centres. As for the result, despite later conversion to Islam, Kipchaks never shed away their Mongolian practises and became the strongest embodiment of
Turco-Mongol people.
Karluks The
Karluks were the Turkic people that once dominated Central Asia with their sophisticated civilisations like
Kara-Khanid Khanate and
Khwarazmian Empire, before they were conquered by the
Mongol Empire under the lead of
Chagatai Khan, one of
Genghis Khan's sons. Chagatai's reign marked the Mongolization of the Karluk Turkic people at some aspects, such as the development of
Chagatai language and the fusion of Mongol to Turco-Persian framework and cultures. On the other hand, however, the Mongolization of Karluks was not as strong as that of Kipchaks. The fact that Karluks had been able to develop a proper civilisation long before the Mongol conquest meant that Mongolization came via fusion instead;
Timur, the conqueror of Central Asia and a Turco-Mongol, did proclaim himself heir of Genghis Khan via his marriage with a Genghisid woman; subsequently, the
Timurid Empire and its
Indian branch all styled themselves Mongol rulers, despite being deeply entrenched in Turco-Persian and Indian traditions. The same pattern exists among various Karluk or Karlukised entities like
Khanate of Bukhara (under
Shaybanids and
Janids),
Moghulistan,
Yarkent Khanate and
Altishahr, both acknowledged Mongolian heritage but rarely practised it in real life. ==See also==