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THE ARRIVAL OF THE TURKS Subsequently, the Turkmen tribes split off into a confederacy loosely based in the western steppes. The Selçuks belonged to one of the Oğuz Clans that had migrated westward in the 9th century. Based near the Aral Sea, several clans of the Oğuz under the leadership of their chief, Selçuk, broke