Alans (English Wikipedia)

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Makeham, John (2008). China: The World's Oldest Living Civilization Revealed. Thames & Hudson. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-500-25142-3.

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Golden 2009. Golden, Peter B. (2009). "Alāns". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
Abaev, V. I.; Bailey, H. W. (26 August 2020), "Alans", Encyclopædia Iranica, Brill, retrieved 16 November 2023
Barthold, W.; Minorsky, V. (1986). "Alān". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume I: A–B. Leiden and New York: Brill. p. 354. ISBN 978-90-04-08114-7.

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"Alani". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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Tesaev, Amin (13 November 2020). К личности и борьбе чеченского героя идига (1238–1250 гг.). МАТЕРИАЛЫ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ «НАУКА И МОЛОДЕЖЬ», ПОСВЯЩЕННОЙ ФИЗИКЕ БУДУЩЕГО] (in Russian). Grozny. pp. 451–455. doi:10.36684/30-2020-1-451-454. Conference papers online.
Halperin, Charles J. (2000). "The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 63 (2): 229–245. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007205. JSTOR 1559539. S2CID 162439703.
Foltz, Richard (2019). "Scythian Neo-Paganism in the Caucasus: The Ossetian Uatsdin as a 'Nature Religion'". Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. 13 (3): 314–332. doi:10.1558/jsrnc.39114. S2CID 213692638.

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Sergiu Bacalov, Medieval Alans in Moldova / Consideraţii privind olanii (alanii) sau iaşii din Moldova medievală. Cu accent asupra acelor din regiunea Nistrului de Jos https://bacalovsergiu.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/download-sergiu-bacalov-considerac5a3ii-privind-olanii-alanii-sau-iac59fii-din-moldova-medievalc483.pdf)

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"ДДНК Сарматы, Аланы".

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Shnirelman, Victor (2006). "The Politics of a Name: Between Consolidation and Separation in the Northern Caucasus" (PDF). Acta Slavica Iaponica. 23: 37–49.

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Abaev & Bailey 1985, pp. 801–803. Abaev, V.I.; Bailey, H.W. (1985). "Alans". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. I/8: Alafrank–Alp Arslan. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 801–803. ISBN 978-0-71009-097-3.
"ALANS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

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"ДОКЛАД КЛАПРОТА ОБ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ ОСЕТИН И СРЕДНЕВЕКОВЫХ АЛАН". www.iriston.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

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Sinor, Denis (1999). "The Mongols in the West". Journal of Asian History. 33 (1): 1–44. JSTOR 41933117.
Halperin, Charles J. (2000). "The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 63 (2): 229–245. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007205. JSTOR 1559539. S2CID 162439703.
Jessee, Scott; Isaenko, Anatoly (2013). "The Military Effectiveness of Alan Mercenaries in Byzantium, 1301–1306". In Rogers, Clifford J; DeVries, Kelly; France, John (eds.). Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XI. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 107–132. ISBN 978-1-84383-860-9. JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt31njvf.9.

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Tesaev, Amin (13 November 2020). К личности и борьбе чеченского героя идига (1238–1250 гг.). МАТЕРИАЛЫ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ «НАУКА И МОЛОДЕЖЬ», ПОСВЯЩЕННОЙ ФИЗИКЕ БУДУЩЕГО] (in Russian). Grozny. pp. 451–455. doi:10.36684/30-2020-1-451-454. Conference papers online.

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Halperin, Charles J. (2000). "The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 63 (2): 229–245. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007205. JSTOR 1559539. S2CID 162439703.
Foltz, Richard (2019). "Scythian Neo-Paganism in the Caucasus: The Ossetian Uatsdin as a 'Nature Religion'". Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. 13 (3): 314–332. doi:10.1558/jsrnc.39114. S2CID 213692638.

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Yu, Taishan (July 1998). "A Study of Saka History" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (80). Yan Shigu's 顏師古 commentary says: "Hu Guang 胡廣 adds: "Some 1,000 li to the north of Kangju was a state named Yancai, which also was named Hesu. Hence Hesu was identical with Yancai." This shows that the Yancai were also called the Hesu in the Han times.

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Tesaev, Amin (13 November 2020). К личности и борьбе чеченского героя идига (1238–1250 гг.). МАТЕРИАЛЫ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ «НАУКА И МОЛОДЕЖЬ», ПОСВЯЩЕННОЙ ФИЗИКЕ БУДУЩЕГО] (in Russian). Grozny. pp. 451–455. doi:10.36684/30-2020-1-451-454. Conference papers online.

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Zadneprovskiy 1994, pp. 467–468 Zadneprovskiy, Y. A. (1 January 1994). "The Nomads of Northern Central Asia After The Invasion of Alexander". In Harmatta, János (ed.). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations, 700 B.C. to A.D. 250. UNESCO. pp. 457–472. ISBN 978-92-3-102846-5.
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"The Hou Hanshu".
"The Weilüe".
Yu Huan, Weilüe. draft translation by John E. Hill (2004). Translator's Notes 11.2 quote: "Yăncài, already mentioned in the text as a country northwest of Kāngjū (at that time in the region of Tashkend), has long been identified with the Aorsoi of western sources, a nomadic people out of whom the well-known Alans later emerged (Pulleyblank [1962: 99, 220; 1968:252])".
Hill, John E. (translator). The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu: The Xiyu juan "Chapter on the Western Regions" from Hou Hanshu 88 2nd Ed "Section 19 – The Kingdom of Alanliao 阿蘭聊 (the Alans)"
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Hulsewé. A. F .P. (1979) China in Central Asia: The Early Stage 125 BC – AD 23: an annotated translation of chapters 61 and 96 of the History of the Former Han Dynasty. p. 129, n. 316. cited in John E. Hill. Translator's Notes 25.3 & 25.4 to draft translation of Yu Huan's Weilüe
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