MAIASP. 2024. No. 16

L.A. Bobrov (Novosibirsk, Russia), O.M. Agatay (AstanaKazakhstan), S.S. Khasenov (AstanaKazakhstan)

Mail coif of the second half of the 16th — mid 19th centuries from the collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2024.23.88.032

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Pages: 670—685

The article analyses a unique mail coif (ҚРҰМ нқ ҚЖ 13) stored in the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Based on its design features, the mail coif is attributed as one of the variants of ringed “bashlyks. The closest analogues were found from the territory of Central Asia and Southern Siberia. In Kazakhstan and Maverannahr (in particular, in Kokand) the mail bashlyks” were used until the middle of the 19th century. The model is unique because the production of crown used flat baydana rings. The late period of the spread of ringed bashlyks with a baydana crown in the region was previously localized in the second half of the 16th — early 17th centuries, that is, the period of the existence of the Kazakh Khanate. It is likely that the mail coif of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan was made in the 17th18th centuries by craftsmen of Maverannahr or neighboring territories and was in service with Kazakh, Uzbek or, less likely, Oirat (Dzungarian) warriors. The artifact is a vivid model of Central Asian mail coifs and is a vivid example of the military-cultural relations of the Kazakhs with the Bukhara Khanate, Kokand and other state entities of the region.

Key words: history of Kazakhstan, Kazakh Khanate, kazakhs, ring mail coif, chainmail hood, ringed “bashlyk” (mail coif).

Received August 11, 2024

Accepted for publication August 30, 2024

About the authors:

Bobrov Leonid Alexandrovich (Novosibirsk, Russia). Dr. Sc. (History), Novosibirsk State University

E-mail: spsml@mail.ru

Agatay Оtkirbay Mıltıqbayulı (AstanaKazakhstan). Research Institute for Jochi Ulus Studies

E-mail: agatayotkirbay@gmail.com

Khasenov Syrym Serikkazinovich (Astana, Kazakhstan). National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

E-mail: syrymhasenov22@gmail.com