Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs: State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia

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