Reorganization of Nomadic Turkic Tribal Alliances (1070s)

Timeline

1. 1071–1073eastern Anatolian frontier · AnatoliaAfter their victory at Manzikert, Seljuk Oghuz groups settled in Anatolia on a large scale, weakening the Oghuz alliance on the eastern steppe and prompting some Oghuz groups to move north or re-alliancing with the Kipchaks and Kimeks; the resulting power vacuum on the steppe triggered cascading migrations.
2. 1073–1077steppe from the Irtysh to the Syr Darya · ZhetysuTribal alliances such as those of the Kipchaks and Kimeks tended to dissolve amid competition over pastures and external pressures; some tribes formed new alliances to resist southward-pressing Kipchak rivals, while maintaining tributary or raid-based trade relations with the Eastern Karakhanids.
3. 1077–1080lower Volga to the northern Black Sea coast · northern Black Sea steppeAfter Kipchak groups occupied the lower Volga, they came into contact with remnant Pechenegs and the Byzantine frontier. Byzantine sources began recording Cuman raids, as nomadic Turkic peoples formed a new alliance-enmity configuration at the western terminus of their migration.