Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Qiniq (tribe)" in English language version.
The question of the attitude of the authorities to the people from which they emerged was even more complicated in the state of descendants of Seljuk than in the state of Karakhanids. ... And yet, they recognized themselves not only as Oghuzes, or as Turkmens, but also as descendants of the Kynyk clan (this pronunciation is indicated by Mahmud of Kashgar), one of the 24 (22 according to Mahmud of Kashgar) of Oghuz clans ...)
The ruler is usually identified as Sultan Tughril III of Iraq (r. 1176–94), who was killed near Rayy and buried there (Mujmal al-tava¯rı¯kh 2001, p. 465). Pope (Pope and Ackerman, eds. 1938–39, vol. 2, p. 1306) and Wiet (1932b, pp. 71–72) wrote Tughril II but intended Tughril III.
