- Argyns
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Kazakh Middle Juz tribe Argyn, after M.S.Mukanov, [Mukanov M.S., "Ethnic territory of Kazakhs in 18 - beginning of 20th century", Almaty, 1991, Муканов М. С. "Этническая территория казахов в 18 – нач. 20 вв. Алма-Ата, 1991 (In Russian)] ]
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thumb|left|200px|_Kazakh Middle Juz tribe Argyn tamga, after S.Kudayberdy-Uly "Family tree of Türks, Kirgizes, Kazakhs and their Khan dynasties", Alma-Ata, Dastan, 1990]Argyn ( _kk. Арғын) tribe is one of the main constituents of the Kazakh people, of possibly
Mongol descent, and a main component in theMiddle Juz sub-confederation inKazakhstan , which historically consisted of three tribal conglomerations ofSenior Juz ,Middle Juz , andJunior Juz .Present "
Argyns " in the KazakhMiddle Juz are the former Basmals, and these names are equivalent ("mixed tribe"). As a proof serves the description of the "Tanduk" country byMarko Polo , which says that the prevailing tribe of that country are Argon Christians (i.e. Argyns), which means "Basmul". Early Middle Age location of Basmals are given in the "Tszychji tuntszyan", where Basmals' residence is named in Beitin, in the Bogdoshan ridge in Guchen area. [Zuev Yu.A., "Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)", Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I960, p. 104, 132 (In Russian)]Mahmut Kashgari (11th century) listed Basmyls as one of ten prominent Türkic tribes, enumerating location of the Türkic polities from the borders of Greece to the borders of China in the following sequence: Bechen (Badjinak), Kyfchak (
Kipchak ),Oguz , Yemek (Kimek ), Bashgyrt (Bashkort), Basmyl,Kai ,Yabaku ,Tatars ,Kyrgyz . He also noted that the tribes Kai, Yabaku, Tatar, and "Basmyl " are bilingial, speaking in Türkic alongside their own languages, while Kyrgyzes, Kyfchaks, Oguzes... have their own Türkic languages, and the languages of Yemeks and Bashkirts are close to them. [M.Zakiev, "Origin of Türks and Tatars", p.69, 192, Moscow, "Insan", 2002, ISBN 5-85840-317-4 (In Russian)]References
* Gumilev L.N., "Ancient Türks", ru icon: [http://gumilevica.kulichki.net/OT Древние тюрки]
See also
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History of Kyrgyzstan
*History of Kazakhstan
*History of China
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