The System of the Golden Horde Uluses in the 13th–14th Centuries: To the Question of Localization of the Ak Horde and Kok Horde

• Main Authors: Zh.M. Sabitov, A.K. Kushkumbaev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: State Institution «Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences» 2013-11-01
• Series: Zolotoordynskoe Obozrenie
• Subjects: Golden Horde; Ak Horde; Kok Horde; Shibanids; Boz Horde
• Online Access: http://goldhorde.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/%D0%97%D0%BE%D0%BB-%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%802-60-72.pdf

This paper discusses the problem of the localization of the Ak Horde and Kok Horde. Based on interpretating new sources, the authors provide their own version of the Ak and Kok Hordes’ localation. The article also addresses the issue of the Boz Horde and its relation to the uluses of Shiban and Shibanids. The authors argue in favor of the version that is close to the Chingiz-name providing a critical analysis of different sources on the localtion of the Ak and Kok Hordes. In addition, the article presents arguments in favor of the identification of Ak Horde as the center of the Ulus of Jochi, defining the Kok and the Boz Hordes as its left and right wings respectively.