Their names as appear in the Quran as Yajuj and Majuj ('), and the Muslim world identified them first with Turkic tribes from Central Asia and later with the Mongols.
Their names as appear in the Quran as Yajuj and Majuj ('), as adversaries of Iskandar Dhul-Qarnayn (Alexander the Great). Muslim geographers identified them at first with Turkic tribes from Central Asia and later with the Mongols.