Great zhuz

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The Great zhuz was one of the major traditional tribal confederations of the Kazakh people, encompassing numerous clans and occupying a vast territory in what is now Kazakhstan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
traditional social division
tribal confederation
associatedWith Almaty region
linked to: Almaty Region

Kazakh Khanate
Turkistan region
linked to: Turkistan Region

Zhambyl region
linked to: Zhambyl Region
borderedBy Dzungar Khanate (historical)
linked to: Dzungar Khanate

Kyrgyz tribes
Little zhuz
Middle zhuz
Uzbek territories
country Kazakhstan
customaryLaw adat
ethnicGroup Kazakhs
ethnoPoliticalRole defense against Dzungar invasions
formation of Kazakh nation
governedBy Kazakh sultans
biys (customary judges)
hasPart Alban clan
Dulat clan
Kangly clan
Oshakty clan
Sary Uysun clan
linked to: Uysun tribe

Sarybağysh-related groups
Shapyrashty clan
Sirgeli clan
linked to: Shapyrashty clan

Suan clan
Ysty clan
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Kazakh Khanate era
linked to: Kazakh Khanate

Russian imperial period
integratedInto Russian Empire
Soviet Union
language Kazakh
linked to: Kazakh language
locatedIn Chu River basin
Jetysu
Talass River basin
linked to: Talас River basin

Trans-Ili region
southeastern Kazakhstan
southern Kazakhstan
modernLegacy clan-based social networks
regional identity in southern Kazakhstan
partOf Kazakh zhuzes
religion Sunni Islam
traditionalEconomy limited agriculture
nomadic pastoralism
semi-nomadic pastoralism

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