This study examines the issue of the origin of the Ashtarkhanid dynasty on the basis of Mahmud ibn Wali’s work Bakhr al-Asrar. In order to address this issue, Bakhr al-Asrar, regarded as a primary historical source, was selected as the main object of research. A detailed analysis of the manuscript copies of Bakhr al-Asrar revealed that, in the fourth section of the sixth volume of the work, the author provided a comprehensive genealogy of the Ashtarkhanid dynasty, whose representatives lived and ruled until the middle of the seventeenth century. It was demonstrated that the genealogy of Nadr Muhammad Khan can be traced back to Genghis Khan through sixteen generations. Furthermore, a genealogical chain extending from Genghis Khan to Nadr Muhammad Khan was reconstructed. The study also explains, through specific examples, why representatives of this dynasty are referred to in some scholarly works as the “Janids” and the “Tuqay-Timurids,” and clarifies the origin of the term “Ashtarkhanids”. In addition, the research confirms once again the importance of strengthening kinship ties and gaining broad public prestige in the process of acquiring political power and state authority.

Bakhr al-Asrar, Ashtarkhanids, Janids, Tuqay-Timurids, genealogy, Mingqishloq Khan, Yormuhammad Khan and others.

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