The Pechenegs were mentioned as Bjnak, Bjanak or Bajanak in medieval Arabic and Persian texts, as Be-ča-nag in Classical Tibetan documents, and as Pačanak-i in works written in Georgian. Anna Komnene and other … See more

Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos lists eight Pecheneg tribal groupings, four on each side of the Dnieper river, reflecting the bipartite left-right Turkic organization. These eight tribes were in turn divided into 40 sub-tribes, probably … See more

• Besenyszög, Hungary
• Besenyőd, Hungary
• Besenyőtelek, Hungary
• Besnyő, Hungary
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• Taksony of Hungary
• Tonuzoba
• Pok (genus)
• Szolnok (genus)
• Vata (noble)
• Ladislaus I Losonci See more

Mahmud al-Kashgari, an 11th-century man of letters who specialized in Turkic dialects argued that the language spoken by the Pechenegs was a variant of the Cuman and Oghuz idioms. He suggested that foreign influences on the Pechenegs gave rise to phonetical … See more

Origins and area
According to Omeljan Pritsak, the Pechenegs are descendants from the ancient Kangars who originate from Tashkent. … See more

• Kurya c. 970s
• Metiga c. 980s
• Kuchug c. 990s
• Kızıl Beg Western Anatolia c. 1184-(????)s See more