Orde - Modern Kazakh Tribes

Modern Kazakh Tribes

The term is also used to denote separate Kazakh tribes (or grouping of tribes). In modern day, there three different groupings are differentiated: the Lesser Horde (little jüz) in western Kazakhstan, the Middle Horde (middle jüz) in central Kazakhstan and the Greater Horde (great jüz) in southeastern Kazakhstan.

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