The history of interaction between the two Turkmen tribes Teke and Yomut is one of the most significant episodes in the history of Central Asia. It includes changes in the economy, culture, and worldview. The need to study it is determined by the place that these tribes occupy in the current politics and economy of Turkmenistan. The study covers the period of XVIII-XIX centuries. Key words: Turkmens, Teke tribe, Yomut tribe, political history, Central Asia, economy, intertribal interactions, tribal oppositions. Events in the Arab world have caused attention to regions with similar development trends, such as the states of Central Asia [Sistemnyimonitoring..., 2013, p. 5-12]. This territory is a huge transit area full of internal contradictions, the historical boundary of the clash of nomadic and settled civilizations, the Iranian and Turkic cultural areas, the place where the phenomenon of Central Asian syncretism appeared. In connection with monitoring the situation in the region, Turkmenistan, located in the north of the historical and cultural region of Khorasan, attracted the attention of experts. The development factors of this state largely correlated with aspects of the history of the Arab states [Presidential elections..., 2012]. However, in the publications devoted to this topic, little attention is paid to the causal relationships of the main events in the ethnic history of the Turkmen people. Experts often turn to the issue of interaction between Turkmen tribes without analyzing their historical foundation. However, this aspect is relevant due to the disproportionate development of the country's regions [Politicheskie sistemy..., 2012, pp. 524-525]. This article will trace the development of relations between the Teke and Yomut tribes in the historical perspective. TRIBAL UNION "DAIIIKI SALOR" At the end of the 16th century, the consolidation of Turkmen tribal groups that had separated on the southeastern coast of the Caspian Sea was completed (Vasilyeva, ... Читать далее