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...They speak the Turkic language Nogai, and in their religion they belong to the Sunni sect of Islam. In the second half of the 13th century, Nogai, the great-grandson of Juchi Khan, established his power in the vast area between the Don and Danube rivers, and his descendant Edigü (Edigei) established the virtually independent state of Nogai Horde (Nogai Khanate) in the late 14th century to the early 15th century, with its capital at Saraichik (Saraijük) downstream of the Yaik River. They occupied the center of the grasslands north of the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, and engaged in active commercial activities, and in the 16th century they shipped tens of thousands of horses and sheep to Moscow and Kazan every year. ...

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…チュルク語系のノガイ語を話し，宗教的にはイスラムのスンナ派に属する。13世紀後半，ジュチ･ハーンの曾孫のノガイは，ドン，ドナウ両川間の広大な地域に勢力を扶植したが，彼の子孫エディギュ(エディゲイ)は14世紀末～15世紀初めに事実上の独立国家ノガイ･オルダ(ノガイ･ハーン国)を建て，主都をヤイク川下流のサライチク(サライジュク)に置いた。アラル海とカスピ海北方の草原の中枢を占めて，盛んに商業活動を行い，16世紀にはモスクワとカザンに毎年数万頭の馬，羊を出荷した。…

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