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Concept
Uzbeks
Summary
Infobox ethnic group
| group = Uzbeks
| native_name = OʻzbeklarЎзбекларاۉزبېکلر
| image = File:Map of the Uzbekhs Diaspora in the World.svg
| caption = Map of the Uzbek diaspora
| population = 35 million
| region1 =
| pop1 = 27.7 million (2021)
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| region2 =
| pop2 = 3.5 million (2021)
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| region3 =
| region7 =
| pop7 = 360,000 (2018)
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| region8 =
| pop3 = 970,000 (2021)
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| region4 =
| pop4 = 845,000 (2021)
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| region5 =
| pop5 = 617,000 (2021)
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| region6 =
| pop6 = 558,000 (2021)
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| pop8 = 70,000 (2002)
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The Uzbeks (Oʻzbek, Ўзбек, اۉزبېک, Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар, اۉزبېکلر) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak minorities, and are also found as a minority group in: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and China. Uzbek diaspora communities also exist in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United States, Ukraine, and other countries.
Turkic tribal confederations
The origin of the word Uzbek is disputed. One view holds that it is eponymously named after Oghuz Khagan, also known as Oghuz Beg, became the word Uzbek. Another theory states that the name means independent, genuine man, or the lord himself, from Öz (self) and the Turkic title bek/bey/beg. A third theory holds that the variant Uz, of the word uğuz, earlier oğuz, united with the word bek to form Uğuz-bek > Uz-bek, meaning "leader of an oğuz".
The personal name "Uzbek" is found in Arabic and Persian historical writings. Historian Usama ibn Munqidh (d. 1188), describing the events in Iran under the Seljuk Empire, notes that one of the leaders of Bursuk's troops in 1115-1116 was the "emir of the troops" Uzbek, the ruler of Mosul. According to Rashid ad-din, the last representative of the Oghuz dynasty of Ildegizids who ruled in Tabriz was Uzbek Muzaffar 1210–1225.
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