Khiyzan Confederation

Khiyzan Confederation
The banner of Damira Khan which later became a common insignia adopted by the confederation.
Common languages	Khiyzan language
Religion	Limanism
Government	Khanate
IlKhan
• ~1187	Damira (First)
• ~1273	Kholmatzhon (Last)
History
• Established	1187
• Dissolved	1273
Succeeded by Arkoennite Empire
Today part of	Arkoenn

The Khiyzan Confederation was a Khanate made up of a confederation of numerous Khiyzan nomadic tribes that occupied the western parts of the Arkoennite steppe between the 12th and 13th centuries. The Khiyzan peoples, one of the major ethnic groups in Arkoenn, were clans of fierce nomadic warriors that had exerted significant political influence throughout their geographic region for several centuries. Before the formation of the confederation, many Khiyzan served as mercenaries for varying political entities in Siduri which included the Makedonian Empire, the Sabrian Empire, the Rideva Empire, and the Rawaddid Sultanate.

Despite sharing close ethnic ties with Arkoennites, the political growth of both the Khiyzan and the Arkoennites inevitably led the two nomadic peoples into conflict. Damira Khan, leader of the largest Khiyzan tribe known as the Kherlen Clan, began efforts to unify the Khiyzan peoples as open warfare became commonplace between them and the Arkoennites. After being decisively defeated at the Battle of Irtysh Crossing, the Khiyzan clans began migrating northward which would later bring them to the border of the Ruvelkan principalities.

Between the late 1250s to the early 1270s, the Confederation was fighting a sporadic two-front war against both the Arkoennites and the Ruvelkans. By 1270, IlKhan Kholmatzhon began negotiating with the Ruvelkan leaders for a peaceful migration into Ruvelkan lands which was ratified by the Treaty of Nagykanizsa a year later. This effectively dissolved the Khiyzan Confederation and its peoples would be incorporated into the southern Ruvelkan kingdoms.

Over 95% of ethnic Khiyzan today reside in the Ruvelkan districts of Pálháza, Zalaegerszeg, and Derecske where their culture has become integrated into Ruvelkan society. A small minority of Khiyzan continue to reside in west-central Arkoenn.