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A 'jüz' () is one of the three main traditional divisions of the Kazakh nation. It is often said that the name is taken from the number 100 in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz languages, and meant to imply a multitude or horde.
Historically, the 'Senior Jüz' (, Ulı Jüz; ), or the 'Greater Horde', lived in the lands of the former Chagatai Ulus of the Mongol Empire, in the Ili River and Chu River basins, in today's South-Eastern Kazakhstan and China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (northern Xinjiang).
The 'Middle Jüz' (, Orta Jüz; ), or the 'Middle Horde', lived in the lands of the former Juchi Ulus, in Central, Northern, and Eastern Kazakhstan.
The 'Junior Jüz' (, Kişi Jüz; ), or the 'Lesser Horde', lived on the lands of the former Nogai Khanate in Western Kazakhstan.

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Modern Kazakh tribes

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References

Modern Kazakh tribes

For the division of each jüz into modern Kazakh tribes.
The Greater (or Senior) Jüz:
Zhalayr 100-110,000
Uisun:

★ Alban 100,000

★ Dulat 250,000

★ Sary-Uisyn 10,000

★ Sergeli 40,000

★ Shaprashty 50-60,000

★ Suan 30,000

★ Oshaqty 20,000

★ Ysty 40-45,000
Qangly and Shanyshqyly 50,000
The Middle Jüz:

★ Argyn 500,000

★ Kerei 100-110,000

★ Naiman 400,000

★ Qonyrat 40-45,000 in Kazakhstan, and more than 100,000 in Middle Asia

★ Qypchak 140-150,000

★ Uaq 55-60,000

★ Taraqty 10,000
The Lesser (or Junior) Jüz (or Alshin) consists of three groups:
Baiuly: 500-550,000

★ Adai 80-90,000

★ Alasha 40,000

★ Altyn 30,000

★ Baibaqty 40,000

★ Berish 40,000

★ Esentemir 20,000

★ Masqar 20,000

★ Qyzylqurt 40,000

★ Sherkesh 45,000

★ Shyqlar 70,000

★ Tana 25,000

★ Taz 20,000

★ Ysyq 20,000

★ Zhappas 50,000
Alimuly: 300,000-350,000

★ Kete 50-60,000

★ Qarasaqal 10-15,000

★ Shekty 60-80,000

★ Shomekey over 100,000

★ Totqara 50-60,000
Zhetyru: 270-300,000

★ Kerderi 20,000

★ Kereit 30-35,000

★ Ramadan 5,000

★ Tabyn 80,000

★ Tama 40-45,000

★ Toleu 20,000

★ Zhagabaily 70,000

See also

★ (Kazakhs (ethnogenesis)) in Kazakh Wikipedia.

References

★ Svat Soucek, "A History of Inner Asia". Cambridge University Press (2000). ISBN 0521657040.

★ Genealogy of the Kazakhs