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The '''Brutakhi''' were a [[Jewish]] polity of uncertain location and origin during the early [[13th century CE]]. [[Giovanni di Plano Carpini]], a [[13th century|13-century]] [[papal legate]] to the court of the [[Mongol]] Khan [[Guyuk]], gave a list of the nations the Mongols had conquered in his account. One of them, listed among tribes of the Caucasus, Pontic steppe and the Caspian region, was the "Brutakhi, who are [[Jews]]."

Some translations read "Comani Brutakhi", which seems to indicate an alignment with the Kipchaks; however, this reading has been challenged by many historians who have asserted that there should be a comma between the [[Kipchak|Comani]] and Brutakhi. However, earlier in the same list Giovanni refers to "Comania", leading some to regard the postulated comma as redundant and therefore highly suspect.