SOME REMARKS ON THE ULUS (PEOPLE) OF JOCHIAS SEEN BY THEIR CONTEMPORIES
Journal: Научно-практический журнал MUSEUM KZ
Year: 2024

Abstract. The Ulus of Jochi, better known as the Golden Horde, was a western Mongol state founded in the middle of the thirteenth century following the Mongol conquest of the Qipchaq Steppe and the Rus’ principalities. It was named “Ulus of Jochi” because it was ruled by the heirs of Jochi (d. 1225), Chinggis Khan (r. 1206–27)’s eldest son. This paper will examine how the Jochid ulus (in the sense of people) were identified in the sources composed in the Turko-Mongol states of the Mongol and pos