The Oghuz are a Turkic people of the western steppe and the Syr Darya. Kashgari sets their speech beside that of the Karakhanid Turks as one of the two great dialect groups of Turkic.[1] He calls them Turkmän as readily as Oghuz. In Arabic their speech is the Ghuzziyya.[1]
Most of what the Dīvān says about tribal organisation it says about them. A treatise on their subtribes gives each with its tamga, the brand burned on its herds.[1] The Seljuk house came from the Oghuz tribe of Qïnïq. A dictionary written for Baghdad therefore had reason to explain the Oghuz at length.[1]
Their relation to the Toquz Oghuz of the khaganates is a separate question. The name alone does not settle it.
References
- ^ a b c d Dīvān Lughāt al-Turk
Sources
Literature
- Peter B. Golden, An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples (1992)
- Maḥmūd al-Kāshgharī, Dīwān Lughat al-Turk (1072–1074)
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- Battles & Events
- Fall of the Khazar Khaganate (about 965–969)
- Institutions and Titles
- Women among the Turkic Peoples
- Languages
- Oghuz and Kipchak speech in Kashgari
- Foods
- Bread
- Customs & Pastimes
- Feasts in Kashgari's Dictionary
- Sources
- Dīvān Lughāt al-Turk
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Oghuz.” Turkic Atlas, revised 7 November 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/ethnicities/oghuz/
Last revised: 7 November 2026
