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Volume 20, 2016

Vol. 20, No. 1

About Confederative Administration Ruling of Sogd

Bobir Gayibov

Abstract

The article gives the analysis of administrative system of Sogdian confederation in the area of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The administrative center of the confederation was Samarkand. Sogdian confederation which had a long history was originally situated in the center of Central Asia and amalgamated with other historical cities such as Samarkand, Kesh. Nahshab, Maymurg, Panch, Kabudan, Kushaniya, Ishtikhan, Fay which were in the surroundings of the Zarafshan and Kashkadarya rivers. Each of them had their own administrative system. The leaders of Sogdian confederation originated from Zhaowu (a clan) in 656 there was the administration of mixed tribes which was resulted from the implementation of governmental system of turkish-sogdian tribes. Central and local titles were fundamental in the administration of the government of Sogdian confederation. The main central titles were ikhshid, ahvirpat and ispakhbad whereas local titles were dapirpat, avazipat, framandar, gupat, bozkrom, arspan, katiyabshauz. In addition, tarhon, chur, tudun, eltabar were the other Turkish titles which were important for the administration of the government. Sogdian confederation was relatively an autonomy administrative system, and it maintained its financial system on the account of revenue which was paid to its dominating countries from other countries of the world. The main problems of the research work have been analysed according to the written documents and numismatic materials.

Keywords

Management Turk Qaghanate Chinese chronicles Sogdian documents Samarkand Kesh.

How to Cite

Bobir Gayibov (2016). About Confederative Administration Ruling of Sogd. IJCAS, Vol. 20, No. 1, .

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