>>14113206One thing about Turks is that both European, Arab and Chinese sources describe them as very tall. Sultan Baibars of Egypt was from a Kipchak-Cuman family, they were enslaved by Mongols and sold to the Arabs to become Mamluks. He ended up becoming general, assassinated the Sultan and become the Sultan himself, he was described as very tall, and very fair skinned unlike the swarthy Egyptians and he was also described with blue eyes.
