During the period of Mongol rule in Central Asia, the people's liberation struggle unfolded. Its most striking manifestation was the revolt of Mahmud Tarabi (1238). Key words: Tarabi uprising, Bukhara, Chagatai Ulus. The artisan Mahmoud Tarabi was a talented organizer and outstanding leader of the movement that brought together peasants, artisans and the urban poor. The main goal of the rebels was to overthrow the Genghisid yoke in Bukhara, and then in the whole of Transoxiana. The rebels opposed the violence of the Mongol conquerors, the local nobility that had defected to the latter, exorbitant levies, taxes, and unprecedented oppression. This movement was directed, on the one hand, against social oppression in general, and, on the other, against foreign domination. Like other popular movements of the Middle Ages, the revolt was clothed in a religious form. A specific feature of the movement's ideology was that it intertwined ancient folk beliefs and cults with the Islamic postulate of fighting against "infidels" (jihad). A major role in this was played by socially directed magical actions aimed at "fighting evil" and the idea of"cleansing the world of infidels". A certain place in the ideology of the movement was occupied by the desire for "intercession for the truth" introduced by Shams-ad-din Mah-bubi and his followers in the form of protecting the indigenous population from the oppression of the alien Mongol conquests. After the suppression of this movement, certain changes took place in the political administration and socio-economic life of Transoxiana. The main thing was the transfer of full power over the country into the hands of Chagatai Khan. Mahmud Yalavac, who tried to defend his viceroyalty rights, was removed from the political arena. The uprising also resulted in some changes in the internal, primarily tax, policy of the Mongol khans in the Chagatai ulus. Appointed as khan's deputy, Masud beg, son of Mahmud Yalavach, implemented a reform aimed at b ... Читать далее