FUNCTION OF RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY IN FORMATION OF KAZAKH KHANATE

Abstract

Author regards about ideology, state principles and religious direction of Kazakh khanate formed by Kazakh people who set their statehood in Kipchak steppe. He analyzes that religious views and state principles set during Golden Horde period was widely used in the period of Kazakh khanate and later periods. He underlines the role of Shariah and Sufism direction in formation of Kazakh people as a nation, and proves by this importance of stable religious views for nation’s unity.