Lesser Nogai Horde
16th–17th-century Nogai territory in Kuban, Eastern Europe
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The Lesser Nogai Horde, not to be confused with the (Greater) Nogai Horde on the Caspian, was the Nogai Tatar territory in Kuban (on the eastern shore of the Sea of Azov), it was a nominal vassal allied with the Crimean Khanate, during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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[1]
The horde was also known simply as Nogai Tatars, not to be confused with the North Nogay horde.