The origins of the Turkmen may be…
676 CE to 819 CE
Known as the Nine Oghuz, this confederation is composed of Turkic-speaking peoples who formed the basis of powerful steppe empires in Inner Asia.
In the second half of the eighth century, components of the Nine Oghuz migrate through Dzungaria into Central Asia, and Arabic sources locate them under the term Guzz in the area of the middle and lower Syr Darya in the eighth century.