Onogurs

E519799

Turkic nomadic confederation early medieval people

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kutrigurs	1
Utigurs	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic nomadic confederation ⓘ early medieval people ⓘ
activeInRegion	Eurasian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Bulgarians NERFINISHED ⓘ
confederationOf	Turkic-speaking tribes ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Volga–Kama region NERFINISHED ⓘ early medieval Balkans ⓘ
culturalSphere	nomadic steppe culture ⓘ
economicActivity	horse breeding ⓘ pastoral nomadism ⓘ
ethnicity	Turkic ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	early medieval Bulgaria ⓘ formation of the Bulgar people ⓘ
language	Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Göktürk Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	steppe power ⓘ
relatedGroup	Huns NERFINISHED ⓘ Kutrigurs NERFINISHED ⓘ Onoğur Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabirs NERFINISHED ⓘ Utigurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Tengrism NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStructure	tribal confederation ⓘ
successorGroup	Danubian Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Old Great Bulgaria → ethnicComposition → Onogurs ⓘ

Oghur languages → historicallySpokenBy → Onogurs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kutrigurs

Oghur languages → historicallySpokenBy → Onogurs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utigurs