Cumans Explained Ladislaus IV "the Cuman" (whose mother was Queen Elizabeth the Cuman) was particularly fond of the Cumans and abandoned Hungarian culture and dress for Cuman culture, dress, and hairstyle; he lived with his Cuman entourage and concubines, who were Küpçeç, Mandola, and Ayduva
Cuman: Definition, Examples Quiz | UltimateLexicon. com The term Cuman is derived from the Turkic word Kuman (often also spelled Quman), which means “pale” or “yellow-red”, likely referring to their lighter hair and complexion compared to other Turkic tribes
CUMAN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CUMAN is a Turkic people who occupied parts of southern Russia and the Moldavian and Wallachian steppes during the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries and were driven out by the Tatar and Mongol invasions and some of whom passed into Hungary where they were absorbed
THE CUMANS – Social Structure THE CUMAN-KIPCHAKS: In the middle of the 11th century, after the collapse of the Oghuz and Kimek states, many individual tribes were united under the Cuman-Kipchak confederation, and took control of the southern Russia and Black Sea steppes
Cuman people - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias The Cuman influence in Wallachia and Moldavia was very strong, according to some historians who claim that the earliest Wallachian rulers bore supposedly Cuman names (Tihomir and Bassarab)