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The Lanikaz, , () was a Turkic peoples tribe or clan. They were one of seven original tribes that made up the Kimek confederation. They originated from the Central Asian steppes.
The Lanikaz were one of seven original tribes that made up the Kimek confederation, along with the Imur/Imi, Yemek Tatar, Kipchaks, Bayandur, and Ajlad.See and The Kimek tribes originated in the Central Asian steppes and had migrated to the territory of present-day Kazakhstan. The Lanikaz, as part of the Kimek, were mentioned by Gardizi. Their ethnonym may be derived from alan-i-kaz(ar) meaning "Khazar Alans". V. F. Minorsky rendered the name as Nilkaz, S. Agajanov as Nilkar. S. M. Akhindjanov connected the name Nilkaz to the Nilkan clan of the Mongolian tribe of Djalayir. S. Divitçioğlu rendered it Nilqas.
Yury Zuev calls the spelling "Lanikaz" an 'obviously distorted name of the Kimek tribe in the Gardizi list', and corrects it to Laktan, which Zuev further links to Middle Chinese 駱駝 *lɑk̚ dɑ "Bactrian camel". The location of the Kimek Laktan 落坦 ( Luotan < MC: * lɑk̚-tʰɑnX), before the Kimek's return to the area of Irtysh River, in the Chinese annals is described as east from the lake Lake Hulun on the northern left bank of the river Argun.Yury Zuev, "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology" (2002), p. 135Ouyang Xiu et al. Xin Tangshu "vol. 219", section "Shiwei" quote: "北有大山，山外曰大室韋，瀕於室建河，河出俱倫，迆而東；河南有蒙瓦部，其北 落坦部". translation: "In the north there are great mountains, beyond the mountains are the Great Shiwei people, they are situated next to the river Shijian; the river flows from lake Julun, windingly eastwards; south of the river are the Mongols, north of them were the Luotan tribe." Jiu Tangshu, "vol. 199b", section Shiwei quote: "其北大山之北有大室韋部落，其部落傍望建河居。其河源出突厥東北界俱輪泊，屈曲東流，經西室韋界，又東經大室韋界，又東經蒙兀室韋之北， 落俎室韋之南". Translation: "In the north, there are great mountains, north of which there is the Great Shiwei tribe; that tribe dwells next to the Wangjian river. That river's originates from Lake Julun north-east of the Tujue's boundary, flowing windingly eastwards; it borders the West Shiwei, further east it borders the Great Shiwei, further east it flows north of the Mongols Shiwei and south of the Luozu Shiwei." Zuev observes that Chinese annals contain a 'number of messages about congratulatory visits of Kimeks-Laktans to Chang'an, attesting to the political importance of this tribe. They do not contain any other information.'Zuev, Yu. (2002) p. 135
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