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'''Alasha''' is one of the most powerful and the oldest of the [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] tribes.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Alasha is a member of the Bai-Uly (Rich Son) tribe confederation, which is a part of ''[[Minor jüz|Kishi Zhuz]]'' (Minor Hundred). Bai-Uly includes 12 tribes – Alasha, Berish, Adai, Taz, Altyn, Baibakty, Zhappas, Kyzylkurt, Esentemir, Maskar, Sherkesh, Tana. The battle cry of Alasha is "BaiBarak!". In 1897, members of the Bai-Uly tribe confederation numbered 600,000, or 16.2% of all Kazakhs.

==Alasha clans==
Alasha is subdivided into 35 different clans. These are: tokbas, akberli', atms, sary', kozhamberli', kwdaiberdi', qo'beq, baibarak, zhomart, karabatr, malbasar, ma'mbet, botpanai, baida'ulet, baiseu, koisarw', esnazar, koidw'kwl, tyki', kojaghwl, malai, toghai, maimak, dosai, bo'qes, atalk, kozw'beq, a'iti'mbet, karabwra, bojan, baramw'k, qo'bi'lei, tokberli', kongrbo'riq, jabu.

==Origin==
Several hypotheses have been formed as to the origins of the Alasha tribes. Based on comparisons of ethnic shapes and tribe symbols, or ''tamga'', some researchers believe that the Alasha are descended from medieval [[Naimans]]. However, some Alasha clans have tribal symbols similar to those of the Great Zhuz tribes, Albani and Dulat. Moreover, both the Alasha and Albani tribes encompass the clan Konyr-Borik, suggesting further connections to the Albani tribe. It has also been suggested that the Alasha are descendents of [[Alans]].

In favor of the hypothesis that the Alasha descend from the Naiman there is a physical resemblance of the Alasha people, with the [[Mongol]]s, Dakh-Oguz-Qypchaq. There is also the possibility that Alasha are descendants of the ancient [[Khalaj people]], who lived in Central Asia.

In Russian chronicles, the Alasha are referred to as the Ulashevichi. In [[The Tale of Igor's Campaign|The Lay of Igor's Warfare]], an old Russian legend, it is written that Ulashevichi captured Vladimir, the son of Prince Igor.

==Geography==
In 1801, Bukei Khan led some Alasha to the right bank of the [[Ural River]], and founded a [[Bukey Horde|Khanate Bukey]] (Inner Horde). Nowadays, the people of Alasha live mainly in the [[West Kazakhstan Province|West Kazakhstan]], [[Aktobe Province|Aktobe]] and [[Atyrau Province|Atyrau]] oblasts of Kazakhstan an Astrakhan region of modern Russia(known as Astarkhan khanate) which borders with Atyrau region

==Around the world==
* ''There is an Alasha River, a tributary of the [[Yenisei River|Yenisei]], in the [[Sayan Mountains|West Sayan]] mountains and on the [[Nikolai Aristov|Aristov]]'s assumption, these places are an ancestral home to the Alasha.
* ''[[Alaşa|Alasha]] village in [[Azerbaijan]]
* ''[[Helan Mountains|Alasha mountains]] in [[Mongolia]]
* ''[[Alxa League|Province]] in Mongolia
* ''[[Alassa]] village in [[Cyprus]]
* ''[[Alasha dialect]] of Mongolian language
* ''[[Alashiya|Ancient state Alashiya]]

==Notable people==
* Saken Gumarov – artist, founder of "attractivism"
* Garipolla Kurmangaliev – singer, composer (author of "16 girls", famous song)
* Sabyr Sargozhin – Russian Major General, died in 1925 in London, UK

==Further reading==
* Ahmetov, K.; ''Alasha genealogy'', [[Uralsk]], 2006

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