Mīrzā Muhammad Haidar Dughlat and His «Tārīkh-i-Rashīdī» as a Source For the History of the Kazakh Khanate

Abstract

The paper contains information about the life and activity of Mīrzā Muhammad Haidar Dughlat – a medieval
Kashmir ruler of Turkic origin. His work «Tārīkh-i-Rashīdī» bears special value as a reliable source on the history of
Kazakh people. «Tārīkh-i-Rashīdī» describes the processes of formation of Turkic peoples: Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
and Uighur, and gives data on the time of establishment of Kazakh Khanate.