The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde

Abstract: The administrative structure of the Takht Eli (Great Horde) was inherited from the Jochi Ulus (the Golden Horde). However, the historical circumstances of the 15th century led to a simplification and contraction of the Takht Eli’s state apparatus, because the agricultural periphery of the...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Vadim V. Trepavlov
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	Université de Provence 2018
Materias:	Keywords: administration Khan ulus beks Muslim clergy state theory History of Africa DT1-3415 Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/df4cc11f78264e45938c217a9c606e6f
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:df4cc11f78264e45938c217a9c606e6f
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df4cc11f78264e45938c217a9c606e6f2021-12-02T10:06:20ZThe Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.11177https://doaj.org/article/df4cc11f78264e45938c217a9c606e6f2018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/11177https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271Abstract: The administrative structure of the Takht Eli (Great Horde) was inherited from the Jochi Ulus (the Golden Horde). However, the historical circumstances of the 15th century led to a simplification and contraction of the Takht Eli’s state apparatus, because the agricultural periphery of the Dnieper and the Northern Caucasus was too small to provide the economic foundation of the nomadic empire. The internal life of the Takht Eli was controlled by the administration of the khan's headquarters, as was typical for nomads in Eurasia. The main difference between the Takht Eli and the Golden Horde was the former’s lack of effective means of coercion to control disloyal subjects. With the almost complete loss of the agricultural foundation of the economy and without effective power structures, the khans of the Takht Eli found themselves leading a polity that could barely be considered a state. However, at the same time, the complex hierarchy of els and their leaders, the supra-tribal territorial division, and the remnants of the urban Islamic civilisation of the Golden Horde, especially in the Lower Volga, do not allow us to describe the Great Horde as a primitive social structure, such as a complex chiefdom. Perhaps, similar to the Uzbek khanate, the Great Horde can be defined as an inchoate state that occupied the intermediate stage between a complex chiefdom and a typical early state.Vadim V. TrepavlovUniversité de ProvencearticleKeywords: administrationKhanulusbeksMuslim clergystate theoryHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 143, p vol. 143 (2018)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR
topic	Keywords: administration Khan ulus beks Muslim clergy state theory History of Africa DT1-3415 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Keywords: administration Khan ulus beks Muslim clergy state theory History of Africa DT1-3415 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Vadim V. Trepavlov The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
description	Abstract: The administrative structure of the Takht Eli (Great Horde) was inherited from the Jochi Ulus (the Golden Horde). However, the historical circumstances of the 15th century led to a simplification and contraction of the Takht Eli’s state apparatus, because the agricultural periphery of the Dnieper and the Northern Caucasus was too small to provide the economic foundation of the nomadic empire. The internal life of the Takht Eli was controlled by the administration of the khan's headquarters, as was typical for nomads in Eurasia. The main difference between the Takht Eli and the Golden Horde was the former’s lack of effective means of coercion to control disloyal subjects. With the almost complete loss of the agricultural foundation of the economy and without effective power structures, the khans of the Takht Eli found themselves leading a polity that could barely be considered a state. However, at the same time, the complex hierarchy of els and their leaders, the supra-tribal territorial division, and the remnants of the urban Islamic civilisation of the Golden Horde, especially in the Lower Volga, do not allow us to describe the Great Horde as a primitive social structure, such as a complex chiefdom. Perhaps, similar to the Uzbek khanate, the Great Horde can be defined as an inchoate state that occupied the intermediate stage between a complex chiefdom and a typical early state.
format	article
author	Vadim V. Trepavlov
author_facet	Vadim V. Trepavlov
author_sort	Vadim V. Trepavlov
title	The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
title_short	The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
title_full	The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
title_fullStr	The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
title_full_unstemmed	The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde
title_sort	takht eli khanate: the state system at the twilight of the golden horde
publisher	Université de Provence
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/df4cc11f78264e45938c217a9c606e6f
work_keys_str_mv	AT vadimvtrepavlov thetakhtelikhanatethestatesystematthetwilightofthegoldenhorde AT vadimvtrepavlov takhtelikhanatethestatesystematthetwilightofthegoldenhorde
_version_	1718397670835355648

The Takht Eli Khanate: The State System at the Twilight of the Golden Horde

Ejemplares similares