Kazakh zhuzes

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Kazakh zhuzes are the three traditional territorial and tribal divisions of the Kazakh people that historically structured their social and political organization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kazakh cultural institution
historical territorial division
traditional social division
tribal confederation
appliesTo Kazakh Khanate
basedOn kinship ties
territorial settlement
tribal affiliation
continuedIn traditional Kazakh society under Russian Empire
traditional Kazakh society under early Soviet rule
culture Kazakh culture
distinctFrom Kazakh clans (ru)
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes

modern administrative regions of Kazakhstan
documentedIn Kazakh oral tradition
Russian imperial ethnographic sources
ethnicGroup Kazakhs
etymologyOfTerm Kazakh word "zhuz" meaning "hundred" or "division"
governanceRole basis for military levies
framework for leadership selection
hasAlternativeName Kazakh hordes
Kazakh jus
Kazakh zhuz system
hasPart Junior zhuz
Middle zhuz
Senior zhuz
historicalPeriod early modern period
pre-modern Kazakhstan
influencedBy nomadic pastoralism
steppe political traditions
languageCommunity Kazakh language
modernStatus cultural-historical concept
informal social identity
numberOfParts 3
partlyReplacedBy Soviet administrative divisions of Kazakhstan
partOf Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs
region Central Asia
Kazakhstan
relatedTo Kazakh Khanate
Kazakh tribes
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes

clan system of Kazakhs
religionContext Islam in Central Asia
socialRole identity marker among Kazakhs
structure of marriage alliances
typeOf segmentary lineage system
tribal-territorial federation
usedFor military organization
political organization
social organization
territorial administration

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Middle zhuz partOf Kazakh zhuzes
Kazakh zhuzes relatedTo Kazakh tribes
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes
Kazakh zhuzes distinctFrom Kazakh clans (ru)
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes
Naiman tribe partOf Middle zhuz of the Kazakhs
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes
Great zhuz partOf Kazakh zhuzes
Emba River region historicalInhabitants Kazakh clans of Junior zhuz
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes
Tobol River region historicallyInhabitedBy Kazakh Middle zhuz tribes
linked to: Kazakh zhuzes
Ysty tribe associatedWith Kazakh zhuzes
Tauke Khan associatedWith Kazakh zhuzes