Cumans

The Cumans (Polovtsi) were a Turkic^{[1] [2][3][4]:116} nomadic folk comprising the western branch o the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many sought asylum in Hungary,^[5] as many Cumans had settled in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey before the invasion.^{[6][7]:2[8]:283}

Cuman-Kipchak confederation in Eurasia circa 1200