Onogurs

E519799

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