 This process saw them identifying more closely with their Hungarian neighbors, and resulted in a more accelerated adoption of the Hungarian identity.However, historian Nathalie Kálnoky argues that Cuman and Jazyg identities were unwittingly protected by the Ottoman invasion, since it interrupted the two group's "dissolution" into the estates of the realm.The Ottoman traveler Sheikh Ali still identified a distinct Cuman presence in their new provinces, describing Cumans as similar to Tatars, and noting that they still maintained their customs.