TY - BOOK AU - Lee,Joo-Yup TI - Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs: State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia T2 - Studies in Persian Cultural History Series SN - 9789004306493 AV - DS24 U1 - 958.45/07 PY - 2015/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Kazakhs-History KW - Kazakhs-Ethnic identity KW - Uzbeks-Ethnic identity KW - Cossacks-Ethnic identity KW - Brigands and robbers-Asia, Central-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4198146 ER -