Alasha is one of the most powerful and the oldest of the Kazakh tribes. Alasha is a member of the Bai-Uly (Rich Son) tribe confederation, which is a part of '' Kishi Zhuz'' (Minor Hundred). Bai-Uly includes 12 tribes – Alasha, Berish, Adai, Taz, Altyn, Baibakty, Zhappas, Kyzylkurt, Esentemir, Maskar, Sherkesh, Tana. The battle cry of Alasha is "BaiBarak!". In 1897, members of the Bai-Uly tribe confederation numbered 600,000, or 16.2% of all Kazakhs.

Alasha clans

Alasha is subdivided into 35 different clans. These are: tokbas, akberli',shotqara, atms, sary', kozhamberli', kwdaiberdi', qo'beq, baibarak, zhomart, karabatr, malbasar, ma'mbet, botpanai, baida'ulet, baiseu, koisarw', esnazar, koidw'kwl, tyki', kojaghwl, malai, toghai, maimak, dosai, bo'qes, atalk, kozw'beq, a'iti'mbet, karabwra, bojan, baramw'k, qo'bi'lei, tokberli', kongrbo'riq, jabu.

Origin

Ulaš-oğli: in russian chronicles 41 Ulashevichi; in Hungarian-Latin documents mentioned as Olaas (pron. Olash). 42According to opinion of Professor,Historian of

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Omeljan Pritsak their nomad camps stretched along the Samara River. 43Ulaš < Turk. ulaš – «achieve, reach». 44 Several hypotheses have been formed as to the origins of the Alasha tribes. Based on comparisons of ethnic shapes and tribe symbols, or ''tamga'', some researchers believe that the Alasha are descended from medieval

Naimans The Naiman ( Mongolian: Найман, Naiman, "eight"; ; Kazakh: Найман, Naiman; Uzbek: Nayman) were a medieval tribe originating in the territory of modern Western Mongolia (possibly during the time of the Uyghur Khaganate), and are one o ...

. However, some Alasha clans have tribal symbols similar to those of the Great Zhuz tribes, Albani and Dulat. Moreover, both the Alasha and Albani tribes encompass the clan Konyr-Borik, suggesting further connections to the Albani tribe. It has also been suggested that the Alasha are descendants of

Alans The Alans (Latin: ''Alani'') were an ancient and medieval Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the North Caucasus – generally regarded as part of the Sarmatians, and possibly related to the Massagetae. Modern historians have connected the Al ...

. In favor of the hypothesis that the Alasha descend from the Naiman there is a physical resemblance of the Alasha people, with the

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s, Dakh-Oguz-Qypchaq. There is also the possibility that Alasha are descendants of the ancient

Khalaj people The Khalaj ( Bactrian χαλασσ ''Xalass''; ps, خلجیان, Khalajyān; fa, خلج‌ها, Xalajhâ) are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in Iran. Medieval Muslim scholars considered the tribe to be one of the earliest to cross the Am ...

, who lived in Central Asia. In Russian chronicles, the Alasha are referred to as the Ulashevichi. In The Lay of Igor's Warfare, an old Russian legend, it is written that Ulashevichi captured Vladimir, the son of Prince Igor Svyatoslavich. In another Ukrainian chronicles in the book " Prince Igor. Knight of Red Shields" , Alasha tribe is mentioned under name Ulashevichi. In this book Khan Hzak (Hza, Kzak) was feasting after victorious battle of near Kaiala river (possibly modern

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river) (where Vladimir ,the son of Prince Igor Svyatoslavich was captured) with Konchak (Könchek) Khan they were discussing further military campaigns against Rus. Alasha (Ulashevichi) and Berish (Burchevichi) clans supported Khan Hzak (Hza, Kzak) in attacking Severians (Slavic tribal alliance) in Seim (Posemye), while Konchak (Könchek) Khan insisted on attacking Kyiv. Khan Hzak (Hza, Kzak) with his supportive clans Alasha (Ulashevichi) and Berish (Burchevichi) campaigned in Posemye as well as Putyvl ( today city in north-east

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, in

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) devastating it's vicinity. "And he invaded their lands and fired their villages. He also fired a fortress near the Putyvl."

Geography

In 1801, Bukei Khan led some Alasha to the right bank of the

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, and founded a Khanate Bukey (Inner Horde). Nowadays, the people of Alasha live mainly in the West Kazakhstan,

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and

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oblasts of Kazakhstan an Astrakhan region of modern Russia(known as Astrakhan khanate) which borders with Atyrau region.

Around the world

* There is an Alasha River, a tributary of the

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, in the West Sayan mountains and on the Aristov's assumption, these places are an ancestral home to the Alasha. * Alasha village in

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* Alasha mountains in

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in Mongolia *

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village in

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Alasha dialect Alasha (, in some Mongolian varieties ; Mongolian script: ', ), or , is a Mongolic variety with features of both Oirat and Mongolian that historically used to belong to Oirat but has come under the influence of Mongolian proper. It has more tha ...

of Mongolian language * Ancient state Alashiya

Reference

All these notations are in Russian language # ""S. Pletnyova, "The Cumans"". http://annales.info/step/pletneva/ # ""Encyclopedia "The Tale of Igor's Campaign"". http://feb-web.ru/feb/slovenc/es/es2/es2-0232.htm # ""The Hypatian Codex"".http://krotov.info/acts/12/pvl/ipat27.htm # "THE KIPCHAKS OF EURASIA: HISTORY, LANGUAGE, AND WRITTEN RECORDS" MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCES OF RK LEV GUMILEV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY https://dereksiz.org/pars_docs/refs/457/456910/456910.pdf # ""Prince Igor. Knights of scarlet shields"". Князь Игорь. Витязи червлёных щитов. by Vladimir Malik Centerpolygraph. https://books.google.kz/books?id=WfueDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT455&lpg=PT455&dq=%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80+%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA&source=bl&ots=HcWiyF_e1b&sig=ACfU3U1yA1AJCDTyzpz--1_vFCm088S1cA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijps6Lo6T7AhWCuIsKHZp0A3sQ6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%20%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%20%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA&f=false {{DEFAULTSORT:Alasha (Tribe) History of Kazakhstan

Alasha clans

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Geography

Around the world

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