Author: Imamnazarov, Qahramon Utkurovich

Annotation: the article deals with the issues of ethnic study of the Chagatai period of the history of Central Asia based on the materials of Chinese chronicles. Four clans were of particular importance among the Chagatai: Arlat, Jalair, Kauchin and Barlas. According to some researchers, the term “Chagatai” was originally applied specifically to these Mongol tribes that made up Chagatai’s army. themselves as “Chagatai «character is considered, their analysis and comparison with other ethnographic sources are made.

Keywords: Chagatai, Arlat, Jalair, Kauchin , Barlas, Kangali, Kipchak, Kyrgyz, Az-Shirin, Argin.

Pages in journal: 451 - 453