Kostobe Settlement

In this work, Narshakhi describes in detail the origin of the city of Bukhara and the origin of the local population. This is important for us because it proves that the city of Bukhara and its territory at that time were occupied by the Turks, not the Sogdians.

“People who came here from Turkestan settled here because in this area there was a lot of water and trees, there were wonderful places for hunting, these people really liked all this. At first they lived in yurts and tents, but then more and more people began to gather and began to erect buildings. A lot of people gathered, and they chose one of their midst and made him emir.His name was Abruy. "

Our ancestors from the Turkestan region mastered the Bukhara region and elected their emir. It was at this time that the Great Turkic Kaganate was gaining strength in the Eurasian steppes. Therefore, only descendants of the Turkic kagans were elected as emirs. And Abruy was also the son of the great Turkic Kaganate, boom kagan, Mukan Kagan.About how Abruy ruled this region “in the history of Bukhara” it is said: “The big village where the king himself lived was called Peykend, and the city was called Kala-i Dabusi. After some time, Abruy's power increased, he began to brutally rule this area, so that the patience of the inhabitants was exhausted. "

In fact, his cruelty was so great that people got so angry with him that they started to run. Give the country peace and tranquility. Tired of its kagans, the country was looking for a person who would repent and take care of his position, and the western Turkic kagan complained to the turk from Kara Shyryn and asked him to save them.Kara Shyryn The Turkic kagan immediately accepted this and sent his son Shyryn Arslan kagan to bring Abruy to repentance. He captured Abruy and kills him. The History of Bukhara once again speaks of this: “Dikhkans and rich merchants left this region towards Turkestan and Taraz.They built a city and named it Hamukat, because the great Dikhkan, the former head of the migrants, which in the Bukharian language means “pearl”, and “kat” means “city”; thus the name meant "the city of Hamuk". In general, the Bukharians call the nobles "khamukami". Those who remained in Bukhara sent ambassadors to their nobles and asked to protect them from the violence of Abruy.The nobles and dikhkans turned for help to a king named Kara-Dzhurin-Turk, whom the people called Biyaga for his greatness. Biyaga immediately sent his son Shiri-Kishwar with a large army. He arrived in Bukhara, in Peikand grabbed Abruy and ordered that a large sack be filled with red bees and Abruy was lowered there, from which he died. "

Thus, the city of Hamukat was built by wealthy Turkic merchants who fled from the land of Bukhara from the ruler Abyroi. It is worth noting that many of our modern scientists believe that the city was struck by the Central Asian Sogdians. It is true that Sogdiana was located between two rivers, but we know from this source that it was the Turks who flourished both in the city of Bukhara and in the city of Hamukat. And, reading this historical work, I notice that the Bukhara region was ruled and inhabited by Turks from Turkestan, who flourished and raised its culture.