Naimans
ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠨ | |
|---|---|
Location of the Naiman khanate at the start of the Mongol Empire | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mongolia | |
| China: Naiman Banner | |
| Kazakhstan | 940.000 |
| Languages | |
| Turkic, Mongolic | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism (Mongolia) Islam (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan) Shamanism Nestorianism (Former) | |
The Naiman (/ˈnaɪmən/; Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠨ [ˈnɛːmɴ̩]; Kazakh and Kyrgyz: Найман, نايمان [nɑjˈmɑn]), meaning The Eight, was a medieval tribe originating in the territory of modern Western Mongolia (possibly during the time of the Uyghur Khaganate), and is one of the 92 tribes of Uzbeks, modern Mongols and in the middle juz of the Kazakhs.