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Turkey: Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, Ankara | |
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Qiziq ( Turkish: Kızık), also spelled Qïzïq, Qyzyk, or Qyzyq, is an Oghuz tribe. The tribe mainly inhabits the provinces of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, and Ankara in Turkey. [1]
Qiziq was included as one of the 24 Oghuz tribes in Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani [2] but was considered as a Khalaj tribe by Mahmud al-Kashgari. [3] [4] In mid-18th century, Danish traveler Carsten Niebuhr listed Qiziq as a Turkoman tribe with 2000 tents dwelling around Aintab. [5] [6] Until the late 19th century, the tribe's region of settlement fell within the nahiya of Qiziq (in the sanjak of Aintab), named after the tribe. [4] [7]
A folk dance called Qiziq halay ( Turkish: Kızık halayı) is danced around Sivas, Tokat, and Yozgat in Central Anatolia. [4] [8]
The tribe inhabits 22 villages in the northern portion of the province of Gaziantep and share several other villages with other tribes. Many of the old names of the Qiziq-inhabited villages bear the name of the tribe. [1]
Regions with significant populations | |
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Turkey: Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, Ankara | |
Languages | |
Turkish | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Turkish people |
Qiziq ( Turkish: Kızık), also spelled Qïzïq, Qyzyk, or Qyzyq, is an Oghuz tribe. The tribe mainly inhabits the provinces of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, and Ankara in Turkey. [1]
Qiziq was included as one of the 24 Oghuz tribes in Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani [2] but was considered as a Khalaj tribe by Mahmud al-Kashgari. [3] [4] In mid-18th century, Danish traveler Carsten Niebuhr listed Qiziq as a Turkoman tribe with 2000 tents dwelling around Aintab. [5] [6] Until the late 19th century, the tribe's region of settlement fell within the nahiya of Qiziq (in the sanjak of Aintab), named after the tribe. [4] [7]
A folk dance called Qiziq halay ( Turkish: Kızık halayı) is danced around Sivas, Tokat, and Yozgat in Central Anatolia. [4] [8]
The tribe inhabits 22 villages in the northern portion of the province of Gaziantep and share several other villages with other tribes. Many of the old names of the Qiziq-inhabited villages bear the name of the tribe. [1]