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| The '''Karaims''' (Karaimce tili: Karaimler / Караимлер / קראימלר, Polish: Karaimi, Lithuanian: Karaimai, Russian: Караимы), not to be confused with ], are an endangered ] minority ethnic group believing themselves to have originally been the Kara-Khazars descended from the lost ] of Israel (Levi and Simeon in particular). Although the language of the Khazars is unknown, the Karaims certainly originated as ] speakers submerged in a Quran influenced Biblical Aramaic religious tradition associated with the influence of the Nestorian Church among the Huns perfectly fitting the multi-cultural environment of the Khazar empire prior to the conversion of one of the Khazar tribes to Judaism. They see their closest relatives to be the ] whom they claim to the descendants of their "]" tribe famous for converting to Judaism in the early 10th century. Despite sharing the same beliefs as ], for their staunch belief in Khazar origins, and close relationship with the Krymchaks, Karaims have traditionally been ridiculed as "Bastards" by Karaite Jewish sages such as Jacob Ben Reuben of Byzantium and Yefet ben Ali or Jeshua ben Judah. Karaims are known to have been in the Carpathian area since at least the time of the ] being described by ] (d.957AD) as Kara-Khazars. Their beliefs spread among the early Seljuks though generally regarded as Sunni. They rose to fame again under a high Prest named Tugrul the ] of ]. Then in the 1240s ] brought another 100 families from ] to join those already settled in the Carpathian area. With few exceptions they generally managed to resist Judaizing under the ] but succumbed briefly to the demands of Jewish refugees in 19th century Russia before their religion was shut down by the Soviets in the 20th century. In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the all too often dismissed, derided, and discounted without investigation, native traditions of the Karaims concerning themselves despite having been suppressed by opponents. | |||
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The Karaims (Karaimce tili: Karaimler / Караимлер / קראימלר, Polish: Karaimi, Lithuanian: Karaimai, Russian: Караимы), not to be confused with Karaite Jews, are an endangered Kypchak minority ethnic group believing themselves to have originally been the Kara-Khazars descended from the lost Ten Tribes of Israel (Levi and Simeon in particular). Although the language of the Khazars is unknown, the Karaims certainly originated as Cuman language speakers submerged in a Quran influenced Biblical Aramaic religious tradition associated with the influence of the Nestorian Church among the Huns perfectly fitting the multi-cultural environment of the Khazar empire prior to the conversion of one of the Khazar tribes to Judaism. They see their closest relatives to be the Krymchaks whom they claim to the descendants of their "Jidi" tribe famous for converting to Judaism in the early 10th century. Despite sharing the same beliefs as Anan ben David, for their staunch belief in Khazar origins, and close relationship with the Krymchaks, Karaims have traditionally been ridiculed as "Bastards" by Karaite Jewish sages such as Jacob Ben Reuben of Byzantium and Yefet ben Ali or Jeshua ben Judah. Karaims are known to have been in the Carpathian area since at least the time of the Alsószentmihály inscription being described by Estakhri (d.957AD) as Kara-Khazars. Their beliefs spread among the early Seljuks though generally regarded as Sunni. They rose to fame again under a high Prest named Tugrul the Anda of Yesugei. Then in the 1240s Daniel of Galicia brought another 100 families from Batu Khan to join those already settled in the Carpathian area. With few exceptions they generally managed to resist Judaizing under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth but succumbed briefly to the demands of Jewish refugees in 19th century Russia before their religion was shut down by the Soviets in the 20th century. In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the all too often dismissed, derided, and discounted without investigation, native traditions of the Karaims concerning themselves despite having been suppressed by opponents.