“TARIKH-I RASHIDI” AS A SOURCE ON THE HISTORY OFJOCHI ULUS

Аннотация

Annotation. The objective of this article is to study information from Tarikh-i Rashidi regarding the history of the Golden Horde. The main research material of the study was the complete translation of Tarikh-i Rashidi, carried out in the 1990s. The author put forward 5 different theses regarding the history of the Golden Horde. The first thesis concerns the nomadic population of the Golden Horde. According to Tarikh-i Rashidi, they were called Uzbeks. Based on the materials, these Uzbeks were the Golden Horde Tatars. The second thesis concerns the structure of army of Mohammed Sheibani.
Based on the materials, 50-60% of the troops of Muhammad Sheibani were moguls, and there were about 20 thousand soldiers of the Golden Horde nomads. The third thesis concerns the relation of the Mogul tribe Duglat and the Kazakh tribe Dulat. Based on the materials, the Kazakh Dulats are the descendants of the Moghulistan Duglats. The fourth thesis concerns the origin of Buruj oglan. He was known as the son of Abulkhair Khan. Buruj oglan can be identified with Shaikh-Haydar, who really fought for power in the eastern part of the Ulus Jochi. The fifth thesis concerns the number of Kazakhs. According to Tarikh-i Rashidi, the Kazakhs completely disappeared from the face of the earth in 16th century. There is no physical disappearance of the Kazakhs. Different parts of the Kazakh Khanate submitted to different neighboring states and therefore they “politically” disappeared for a while, but as the geopolitical situation changed, the Kazakhs returned to the historical arena.