Tracing The Origins of Qoqishtuvon Turkmens: An Ethnographic and Historical Investigation of Chandir Tribal Migration

Talat Turaevich  Halimov

doi:10.17605/cajssh.v7i1.1255

Authors

Talat Turaevich Halimov PhD Student, Karshi State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i1.1255

Keywords:

Turkmen tribes, Bukhara Emirate, Qoqishtuvon village, Chandir, nomadism, sedentarisation, ethnic processes, historical sources, ethnolinguistics, cultural integration, Merv population, Amir Shohmurod, ethnic memory

Abstract

This article examines how and why certain groups of Turkmen tribes settled and migrated in the Bukharian Emirates in the 16th to 18th centuries. This essay is based on data which are political, economic, and natural. This Turkmen migration is examined with the help of historical documents and modern field data to provide new insights. This study analysed the village of Qoqishtuvon to explore the historical memories, dialects, and ethnolinguistic features to understand the origins of the Turkmen tribes and their historical ties to the modern territory of Turkmenistan. These results demonstrate the socio-economic and cultural relations of the Turkmen with the local populace, and the breadth of the relationship illustrates the ethnic intermingling in the Emirate of Bukhara. Also, the Turkmen settlement is strategically placed in the important policies of the Emirate of Bukhara to ensure the ethnic and cultural equilibrium of the region.

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