SOCIO-POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE KARAKHANID STATE (SPECIFIC ASPECTS)

Abstract:

The Karakhanid state covered a vast territory from the Karakum Desert in the west to Lake Lobnor in the east, and from Lake Balkhash in the north to the Amu Darya in the south. The Karakhanids tried to introduce a different form of state structure and administration from the Samanids. In them, power passed not directly from father to son, as was the case with the Samanids, but from brother to brother, and then to the next generation of the dynasty. According to some scholars, the entire Karakhanid clan was the collective owner of power, and each member of the dynasty, based on his origin, could claim a part of the property of the entire dynasty. The main part of this property was considered to belong to the three great members of the dynasty - the great khagan, the minor khagan, and the Elaq khan. At the top of the state was the "great khan", usually honored with the title of "karakhan".