Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs: State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia 8

In Qazaqlïq , or Ambitious Brigandage , and the Formation of the Qazaqs Joo-Yup Lee examines the formation of the Qazaqs and other group identities within the context of the role of the cossack/ qazaqlïq phenomenon in state formation in post-Mongol Central Eurasia. Contents Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration and Style List of Figures Introduction The Sources The Histories of the Moghuls The Histories of the Uzbeks Ilkhanid Histories Timurid Histories The Histories of the Crimean, Kasimov, and Volga Tatars The Official Chinese Dynastic Histories Mongolian Sources Diplomatic and Ethnographic Materials Part 1 The Socio-Political Phenomenon of Qazaqlïq Chapter 1 The Use and Meaning of the Term Qazaq in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia: An Examination of the Qazaqlïq Phenomenon and its Historical Significance The Definitions of the Terms Qazaq and Qazaqlïq The Use and Meaning of the Term Qazaq in Central Asian Histories The Use and Meaning of the Term Qazaq in Oral Epics of the Qipchaq Steppe and Tatar Historical Texts The Use and Meaning of the Term Qazaq in Muscovite and Polish Historical Literature The Emergence of Qazaqlïq as a Unique Custom of Political Vagabondage in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia Chapter 2 The Quasi-Qazaqlïq Activities and Quasi-Qazaq Groups in Pre-Mongol and Mongol Central Eurasia Quasi-Qazaqlïq Activities in Pre-Mongol Central Eurasia Described in the Chinese Dynastic Histories From Small Bands of Fugitives to New Nomadic States and Identities The Quasi-Qazaq Bands that Appeared in the Frontier Regions of Central Eurasia during the Mongol Period The Fragmentation of the Mongol States and the Political Vagabondage of Temür Part 2 Qazaqlïq and the Formation of the Qazaqs Chapter 4 The Qazaqlïq of Two Rival Chinggisid Clans: The Formation of the Qazaqs and the Shibanid Uzbeks A Brief History of the Eastern Dasht-i Qipchāq from the Mid-Fourteenth Century to the Mid-Fifteenth Century: The Rise and Fall of Two Prominent Jochid Lineages Jānībeg Khan and Girāy Khan’s Qazaqlïq Separation from Abū al-Khair Khan’s Uzbek Ulus Jānībeg Khan and Girāy Khan’s Qazaqlïq and the Rise of the Qazaq Uzbek Ulus The Qazaqlïq Days of Muḥammad Shībānī Khan and Maḥmūd Sulṭān Escape from Astrakhan Muḥammad Shībānī Khan’s Political Vagabondage and the Reunification of the Former Ulus of Abū al-Khair Khan The Conquest of the Timurid States and the Revival of the Abū al-Khairid Dynasty The Consolidation of the Two Neo-Uzbek States in the Oases and Steppes of Central Asia Chapter 5 The Formation of a Separate Qazaq Identity The Origin and Meaning of the Designation Uzbek The Qazaq Uzbeks (Uzbak-i qazāq) and the Shibanid Uzbeks (Uzbak-i Shībān) The Differentiation of the Qazaqs from the Uzbeks The Uniqueness of Qazaq Identity The Designation Turk The Designation Moghul Ulūs-i Jūchī and Toqmaq Chapter 6 The Legend of Alash Khan and the Genealogy of the Uzbeks The Legend of Alash Khan and the Origin of the Qazaqs Different Versions of the Legend of Alash Khan Who was Alash Khan? A Tale of Qazaqlïq The Genealogy of the Shibanid Uzbeks The Ilkhanid Account of the Chinggisid and Mongol History The Timurid Account of the Chinggisid and Timurid Genealogical History The Uzbek Dynastic Genealogies Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 The Characterization of Qazaq and Qazaqlïq by Modern Historians and Turkologists Bibliography Index In Qazaqlïq , or Ambitious Brigandage , and the Formation of the Qazaqs Joo-Yup Lee examines the formation of new group identities, with a focus on the Qazaqs, in post-Mongol Central Eurasia within the context of qazaqlïq , or the qazaq way of life, a custom of political vagabondage widespread among the Turko-Mongolian peoples of Central Asia and the Qipchaq Steppe during the post-Mongol period. Utilizing a broad range of original sources, the book suggests that the Qazaqs, as well as the Shibanid Uzbeks and Ukrainian Cossacks, came into existence as a result of the qazaq , or "ambitious brigand," activities of their founders, providing a new paradigm for understanding state formation and identity in post-Mongol Central Eurasia