{{Short description|16th–17th-century Nogai territory in Kuban, Eastern Europe}} {{no footnotes|date=December 2017}} [[File:BlackSea1600 ru.svg|thumb|The Lesser Nogai Horde, on the eastern shore of the [[Sea of Azov]] (''Малые ногаи'')]] The '''Lesser Nogai Horde''', also called '''Kazyev Horde''' was a nomadic feudal state formation of the [[Nogais|Nogai peoples]] on the right bank of the [[Volga]] and in the [[Azov]] region, separated in the second half of the 16th century from the Nogai Horde with the invasion of the [[Kalmyk Khanate]]{{sfn|Trepalov|2016|p=443}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ногайская Орда / Большая советская энциклопедия |url=http://gatchina3000.ru/great-soviet-encyclopedia/bse/082/404.htm |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=gatchina3000.ru}}</ref>

The lesser Nogais were nominally subject to the Crimean Khanate. They were divided into the following groups: Budjak (from the Danube to the Dniester), Yedisan (from the Dniester to the Bug), Jamboyluk (Bug to Crimea), Yedickul (north of Crimea) and Kuban. In particular, the Yedisans are mentioned as a distinct group, and in various locations<ref>According to Tsutsiev (Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 2014, Map 4 for 1774), many of these tribes existed north of the Caucasus. From west to east he lists 'Kipchak', Yedishkul, Jambulak, Navruz, Mansur(sic), and Beshtau Nogay. North of Jambulak-Beshtau were Yedisans and north of these names are omitted. East of the Beshtau Nogay were Turkmen and then the Kara-Nogai in the present Nogai location west of the Caspian.</ref>

The horde was also known simply as Nogai Tatars, not to be confused with the North [[Nogai Horde]].

==See also== *[[Crimean-Nogai raids into East Slavic lands]] *[[Little Tartary]]

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==Sources== *{{cite book |last=Trepalov |first=V. V. |author-link=Vadim Trepalov |editor-last=Usmanov |editor-first=M. A. |title=Istoriya Nogayskoy Ordy (История Ногайской Орды) |edition=2nd, rev. and exp. |language=ru |publisher=Izdatelskiy dom "Kazanskaya nedvizhimost" |location=Kazan |year=2016 |pages=764 |isbn=978-5-9907552-5-3}}

==External links== * [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CN%5CO%5CNogayTatars.htm Nogai Tatars] at the [[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]

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