THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TURKIC NOMADIC TRIBES IN THE STATE AND MILITARY SYSTEM OF KHOREZM OF XII - BEGINNING OF XIII CENTURY
The article is devoted to the history of formation of the Turkic military and political elite of Khorezm state during the rule of khorezmshakhs Il-Arslan, Ala ad-Din Tekish and Ala ad-Din Muhammad. The author in detail analyzes information from the Arab-Persian sources not only about the history of the inclusion of the nomadic Turkic tribes of Dasht-i Kipchak into the composition of Khorezm, but also features of the distribution of military and administrative posts among the Turkic nomadic aristocracy. The evolution of this phenomenon and the changes that these rulers brought to the position of the Turkic elite in Khorezm are studied in detail. The greatest attention because of the peculiarity of the case of the historical sources given to the board of Khorezmshah Ala ad-Din Muhammad, and his eldest son, Jalal ad-Din Mankburni. The paper also presents an analysis of the key positive and negative aspects of the functioning of the Turkic military and political elite of Khorezm on the eve of the Mongolian invasion and the impact of this factor as a result of the Mongol-Khorezmian war of 1219-1221.