Research Article

Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes

Number: 116 January 30, 2026
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Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes

Abstract

The “Syrdarya Region” or “Syr Region’s” geographical definition denotes the Syr Darya River’s lower reaches and the Aral Sea’s eastern shores. The Kazakh tribe’s regional ethnic formation is complex and formed in several historical phases. Its history dates back to ancient ages. It was the Saka-Massagetae’s political-administration center, and Kangui clans’ land during the Early Iron Age. Turkish-origin clans/tribes migrated to the Syrdarya Region and Oghuz and Kipchak states settled there during the Early Medieval Age. The Mongol-Tatar invasion was the next regional migrative movement. The regional Turkic clans/tribes joined the subsequent ethnic formation of the “Kazakh” people. The Syrdarya Region, under the Dzungar invasion, became a large migration center and the home for a complex clan/tribe union with the Greater, Middle, and Lesser tribe Kazakhs. This study covers the history of complex relations between the clan/tribe in the Syrdarya region, which has been a center of commerce since the ancient ages.

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Project Number

This research was conducted within the framework of the scientific project “AP23488984-Medieval toponymy from the aspect of the formation of the ethnic territory of the Kazakh people”.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies of the Turkic World, Migration History

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

July 4, 2025

Publication Date

January 30, 2026

Submission Date

August 8, 2023

Acceptance Date

August 22, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Number: 116

APA
Cinar, S., & Kartaeva, T. (2026). Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes. Bilig, 116, 187-211. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.7580
AMA
1.Cinar S, Kartaeva T. Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes. Bilig. 2026;(116):187-211. doi:10.12995/bilig.7580
Chicago
Cinar, Serhan, and Tattigul Kartaeva. 2026. “Kazakh Tribal Formation Along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes”. Bilig, nos. 116: 187-211. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.7580.
EndNote
Cinar S, Kartaeva T (January 1, 2026) Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes. Bilig 116 187–211.
IEEE
[1]S. Cinar and T. Kartaeva, “Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes”, Bilig, no. 116, pp. 187–211, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.12995/bilig.7580.
ISNAD
Cinar, Serhan - Kartaeva, Tattigul. “Kazakh Tribal Formation Along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes”. Bilig. 116 (January 1, 2026): 187-211. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.7580.
JAMA
1.Cinar S, Kartaeva T. Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes. Bilig. 2026;:187–211.
MLA
Cinar, Serhan, and Tattigul Kartaeva. “Kazakh Tribal Formation Along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes”. Bilig, no. 116, Jan. 2026, pp. 187-11, doi:10.12995/bilig.7580.
Vancouver
1.Serhan Cinar, Tattigul Kartaeva. Kazakh Tribal Formation along the Lower Syrdarya Region and Historical Migration- Settlement Processes. Bilig. 2026 Jan. 1;(116):187-211. doi:10.12995/bilig.7580

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