Argyn tribe

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The Argyn tribe is a prominent Kazakh clan historically associated with the Middle zhuz confederation of steppe nomads.

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Label Occurrences
Argyn tribe canonical 3

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kazakh tribe
clan
ethnic group
associatedWith Kazakh Khanate
confederation Middle zhuz
country Kazakhstan
culture Kazakh customary law (adat)
Kazakh oral epic tradition
customaryLaw adat
ethnicity Kazakhs
ethnogenesis part of formation of Kazakh people
historicalPeriod early modern period in Central Asia
historicalRegion Kazakh Steppe
language Kazakh language
locatedIn Eurasian Steppe
modernStatus continues as a major Kazakh tribal grouping
notableRole important component of Middle zhuz political structure
influential in Kazakh steppe politics
partOf Middle zhuz
populationDistribution minor presence in Russia
minor presence in other Central Asian states
predominantly in Kazakhstan
region Central Kazakhstan
Eastern Kazakhstan
Northern Kazakhstan
religion Sunni Islam
religiousTradition Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
socialStructure divided into numerous clans and lineages
traditionalLanguageVariety Middle zhuz Kazakh dialects
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalLivestock camels
horses
sheep

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle zhuz hasPart Argyn tribe
Kerei tribe relatedGroup Argyn tribe
Konyrat tribe relatedGroup Argyn tribe