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Oghuz Turkic tribe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Qiziq (Turkish: Kızık), also spelled Qïzïq, Qyzyk, or Qyzyq, is an Oghuz tribe. The tribe mainly inhabits the provinces of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, and Ankara in Turkey.[1]
Tamgha of the Qiziq tribe according to Rashid al-Din Hamadani | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Turkey:Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Bursa, Tokat, Ankara | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkish people |
Qiziq was included as one of the 24 Oghuz tribes in Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani[2] but was considered as a Khalaj tribe by Mahmud al-Kashgari.[3][4] In mid-18th century, Danish traveler Carsten Niebuhr listed Qiziq as a Turkoman tribe with 2000 tents dwelling around Aintab.[5][6] Until the late 19th century, the tribe's region of settlement fell within the nahiya of Qiziq (in the sanjak of Aintab), named after the tribe.[4][7]
A folk dance called Qiziq halay (Turkish: Kızık halayı) is danced around Sivas, Tokat, and Yozgat in Central Anatolia.[4][8]
The tribe inhabits 22 villages in the northern portion of the province of Gaziantep and share several other villages with other tribes. Many of the old names of the Qiziq-inhabited villages bear the name of the tribe.[1]
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