The Karakalpaks: life, taxes and uprisings
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the social structure of the Karakalpaks (clan, aris, biys, khan’s officials) as a diagram.
Khan → otaliq and beklarbegi → clan biys → elders → clan members.
2
The movement led by Bobo Goklan lasted from 1881 to 1891. How many years is that?
10
3
Why does the textbook stress that the appeal of some elders was not “on behalf of the whole people”? Give your view.
Because those appealing had no mandate from the whole people, and presenting it as such served as a pretext. (Free answer.)
4
How much zakat did a family with forty sheep pay (according to the textbook)? Write it.
2 som 50 tiyin.