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Great jüz ([Ұлы жүз, Ulı jüz] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Turkish: Büyük Orda) is one of three traditional divisions of the nomads of Desht-i Kypchak. In contemporary Kazakhstan, the Great jüz is regarded as one of the divisions of the Kazakh nation. According to some sources, the origins of the three jüzes go back to the Chingizid military/state traditions. Following Chingizid military tradition, the Great jüz designated the left flank of the steppe armies. According to others, the Great jüz was the inheritance of the eldest son of the legendary forefather of Kazakhs. Jüzes are also regarded as nomadic military confederations. Still, researchers, such as Zuev, argued that Desht-i Kypchak comprised three ecological, topographic zones that divided nomadic clans from each other. The Great jüz, south, southeastern steppe, was set apart from the two other zones by Lake Balkhash, constituting a distinctive ecological zone for nomadic habitation. The Great jüz is located in the Zhetysu area and is also known as the Uysun (or Uysyn) Orda.
The Great jüz was formed sometime between 16th-17th centuries. The first time the name Great jüz was recorded by a western researcher was in 1748, by a Tatar servant of the Tsar who had been sent to the steppe to negotiate the submission of Abul Khair Khan in 1732. According to Nikolai Aristov, the estimated population of the Great jüz was about 550 thousand people in the second half of the 19th century.
Constituent First-Order Clans
- Dulat (Kazakh: Дулат)
- Jalayir (Kazakh: Жалайыр)
- Qangly (Kazakh: Қаңлы)
- Alban (Kazakh: Албан)
- Suwan (Kazakh: Суан)
- Sary-Uysin (Kazakh: Сары-үйсін)
- Shapyrashty (Kazakh: Шапырашты)
- Sirgeli (Kazakh: Сіргелі)
- Oshaqty (Kazakh: Ошақты)
- Ysty (Kazakh: Ысты)
- Shanyshqyly (Kazakh: Шанышқылы)
- Janys (Kazakh: Жаныс)
- Siyqym (Kazakh: Сиқым)
- Botbay (Kazakh: Ботбай)
- Shymyr (Kazakh: Шымыр)
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