The headquarters of Abulkhair Khan in the Syrdarya River region and the Adam Ata complex
Tazhekeyev A. Kozha M. Sultanzhanov Z. Amirgalina G. Nazarov A.
2023Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2023#2023Issue 1(19)9 - 28 pp.
The article presents the results of research conducted in 2022 by the exploration team of the Zhankent archaeological expedition (headed by A. Tazhekeyev) in the Adam Ata complex, located in the lower reaches of the Syrdarya River. The burial place of the Abulkhair khan of the Junior zhuz is considered to be the vicinity of the “Khan’s grave” (located 77 kilometers southeast of the village of Tolybay, Aiteke bi district, Aktobe region). However, according to the researchers of the period of Abulkhair Khan’s life, I. Erofeeva, B. Zhanaev and M. Kozha, Khan could have had a headquarters on Syr, and he could even be reburied here. In this regard, our research was carried out with a thorough analysis of the information presented in the works of military officials of the Russian Empire, such as D. Gladyshev, I. Muravin, V. Nazimov, U. Arslanov, A. Maksheev, E. Batyrshin, I. Anichkov. As a result, for the first time, the location of the headquarters of Abulkhair Khan was determined in the Adam Ata complex, located along the ancient channel of Adam Ata, a tributary of the Kuandarya River. We believe that these data will serve as a basis for conducting a repeated scientific study of the place of the Khan’s headquarters and burial. In addition, during exploration work in the Adam Ata complex, four more sites of different times were discovered: a settlement on the bank of a canal; Torangil garden; burial structures made of baked bricks (ancient burial ground); burial structures “tortkulak” made of mud bricks and simple burials (late burial ground). According to the collected data, the Adam Ata complex arose in the Golden Horde period, and until the late Middle Ages, there were human settlements and a burial ground, consisting of several periods.
Abulkhair Khans headquarters , Adam ata complex , archaeological sites , Middle Ages , Syrdarya River region
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Scientific Center for Archaeology and Ethnography, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Researcher of the Scientific Center for Archaeology and Ethnography, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Scientific Center for Archaeology and Ethnography
Doctor of Historical Sciences
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Researcher of the Scientific Center for Archaeology and Ethnography
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