Keyser, it's more likely they were Scythians or other Iranians if they were blonde and blue eyed.
You are correct, steppe people were very mixed, especially later. Only a very few Mongols were truly of the Mongol tribe. However in the time in question, almost all of the nomads were Iranians without any other sort of mixing. But even at this period, non Iranians start to migrate west.
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