history of kayi tribe
The Kayı or Kai tribe (Middle Turkish: قَيِغْ, Romanized: Kayığ; Turkish: Kayı boyu, Turkmen: Gaýy taýpasy) were an Oghuz Turkish people and a sub-branch of the Bozok tribal federation. In the 11th century, Mahmud al-Kashgari cited Kayı (Kayığ) as one of the 22 Oghuz tribes of his Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk. The word kayı means "one who has strength and power through relationship". Origin In his history work, Shajara-i Tarākima, the khan of the Khanate of Khiva and historian, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, mentions Kayı among 24 ancient Turkmen tribes (Oghuz-Turkic), direct descendants of Oghuz-khan, who was the ancient ancestor of the Oghuz people. The name of the tribe translates to "strong". In his extensive history work "Jami 'al-tawarikh" (Collection of Chronicles), the statesman and historian of the Ilkhanate Rashid-al-Din Hamadani also says that the Kayı tribe comes from the oldest of the 24 grandchildren of Oghuz Khan who were the patriarchs. of the ancient