Zhalagash district of Kyzylorda region is located on the right bank of the Zhanadarya River, 30 km south of the aul of Akyr. Chronological period: V-XVII centuries. It is a city that played a key role in the history of Khorezm-Oguz relations during the first upsurge of the Seljuk dynasty.According to written sources, the city was owned by the Oguz-Kipchak, in 1138-1152. It is written that it was under the rule of the Karakhanids. In the medieval work “Hudud al-Alam” it is shown as the city of Zhentiogyz. The city was conquered by the Mongols in 1220 and for some time was the home of Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi.After the Mongol invasion, the city of Ghent was revived and became a major cultural and economic center in the Syr Darya region. There was a mint in the city and silver and copper coins were minted. Before the Mongol invasion, Ghent was a big city.The great researcher of the Syrdarya region, ethnographer SP Tolstov first showed the location of the city of Ghent in 1946, and according to the data collected from the surface, its age dates back to the XII-XVI centuries. concluded that. According to him, the XII-XIII centuries. Ghent was one of the cities of the Khorezm state
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of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant, 2017. – 125-127 pp.
