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- adjective Of or pertaining to a Kypchaq nation which dominated the central Eurasian steppe prior to the rise of the Mongol empire.
Etymologies
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Examples
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However uncertain this story is, the fact of the conversion of the princes of Kerait in
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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Kerait, a kingdom of Tartary to the north of China.
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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Such was the superiority in numbers of the Kerait, that in the first battle of this long and keenly - contested struggle, Wang Khan defeated Temujin near Ourga, where the mounds that cover the slain are still shown to the curious or skeptical visitor.
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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The death of Wang Khan signified nothing less than the wholesale defection of the Kerait tribe, which joined Genghis to the last man.
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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Wang Khan, who, throwing off the cloak of simulated friendship, declared publicly that either the Kerait or the Mongol must be supreme on the great steppe, as there was not room for both.
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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The discomfiture of Chamuka has been referred to, but he had not abandoned the hope of success, and when he succeeded in detaching the Kerait chief, Wang
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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He would, nevertheless, have fared badly if his mother had not collected a band of his father's troops and come to his assistance together with Tului, the Kerait chief, who remembered the favors he had received from Temudjin's father.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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In 1196 Temudjin received a visit from Wang Khan, the Kerait chief, who was then in distress.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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By the death of Wang Khan, Temudjin became the master of the Kerait nation, and thus both branches of the Mongol race were united under one head.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The neighboring prince of Kerait ventured to draw the sword against him.
The Empire of Russia 1841
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