Jüz

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The traditional areas of the three jüz in the early 20th century. (Key: green - Junior Jüz, yellow - Middle Jüz, red - Senior Jüz)

A jüz (Kazakh: жүз) is one of the three main traditional divisions of the Kazakh nation. It is often said that the name is taken from the number 100 in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz languages, and meant to imply a multitude or horde.

Historically, the Senior Jüz (Kazakh: Ұлы жүз, Ulı Jüz; Russian: Старший Жуз), or the Greater Horde, lived in the lands of the former Chagatai Ulus of the Mongol Empire, in the Ili River and Chu River basins, in today's South-Eastern Kazakhstan and China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (northern Xinjiang).

The Middle Jüz (Kazakh: Орта жүз, Orta Jüz; Russian: Средний Жуз), or the Middle Horde, lived in the lands of the former Juchi Ulus, in Central, Northern, and Eastern Kazakhstan.

The Junior Jüz (Kazakh: Кiшi жүз, Kişi Jüz; Russian: Младший Жуз), or the Lesser Horde, lived on the lands of the former Nogai Khanate in Western Kazakhstan.

[edit] Modern Kazakh tribes

For the division of each jüz into modern Kazakh tribes.

The Greater (or Senior) Zhuz:

ZHALAYR 100-110,000

UISUN:

• Alban 100,000
• Dulat 250,000
• Sary-Uisyn 10,000
• Sergeli 40,000
• Shaprashty 50-60,000
• Suan 30,000
• Oshaqty 20,000
• Ysty 40-45,000

QANGLY+Shanyshqyly 50,000

The Middle Zhuz:

• Argyn 500,000
• Kerei 100-110,000
• Naiman 400,000
• Qonyrat 40-45,000 in Kazakhstan, and more than 100,000 in Middle Asia
• Qypchak 140-150,000
• Uaq 55-60,000
• Taraqty 10,000

The Lesser (or Junior) Zhuz consists of 3 groups:

BAIULY: 500-550,000

• Adai 80-90,000
• Alasha 40,000
• Altyn 30,000
• Baibaqty 40,000
• Berish 40,000
• Esentemir 20,000
• Masqar 20,000
• Qyzylqurt 40,000
• Sherkesh 45,000
• Shyqlar 70,000
• Tana 25,000
• Taz 20,000
• Ysyq 20,000
• Zhappas 50,000

ALIMULY: 300,000-350,000

• Kete 50-60,000
• Qarasaqal 10-15,000
• Shekty 60-80,000
• Shomekey over 100,000
• Totqara 50-60,000

ZHETYRU: 270-300,000

• Kerderi 20,000
• Kereit 30-35,000
• Ramadan 5,000
• Tabyn 80,000
• Tama 40-45,000
• Toleu 20,000
• Zhagabaily 70,000

[edit] See also

Қазақтар (этногенез) (Kazakhs (ethnogenesis)) in Kazakh Wikipedia.

[edit] References

• Svat Soucek, "A History of Inner Asia". Cambridge University Press (2000). ISBN: 0521657040.
• Genealogy of the Kazakhs (Kazakh) (Russian)

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