In 2025, as part of the scientific collaboration between the Department of “Study and Publication of Historical Documents” at the Abu Rayhan Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies and M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, joint research projects are underway to study historical documents related to the Kazakh Khanate. The research is led by Professor Z.K. Kartova, who heads the project “Textological Study and Source Analysis of Narrative Documents of the Rulers of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th–18th Centuries.” Scholars are conducting textological and source-based analyses of historical documents from the rulers of the Kazakh Khanate, dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries. In 2025, the team is concentrating on examining the activities of the Khan’s royal chancery, as well as official correspondence and legislative acts issued on behalf of the Kazakh khans. Senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor U.A. Sultonov is actively involved in the project, studying the operation of the khan’s chancery and the yarlyks (decrees) issued on behalf of Tauke Khan and Tursun-Muhammad Khan.

It should be noted that in 2024, a 301-page catalog titled “Catalog of Letters and Documents of the Kazakh Rulers of the 15th–18th Centuries (Textological Analysis)” was published as part of the project. In 2025, a collective monograph titled “Narrative Documents of the Rulers of the Kazakh Khanate of the 15th–18th Centuries: Study and Interpretation” is scheduled for publication.

The research has been ongoing from 2023 to 2025, relying on written sources preserved in archives and collections across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, China, and Turkey. The project is funded by the Committee of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (grant No. AR19676930 “Textological Study and Source Analysis of Narrative Documents of the Rulers of the Kazakh Khanate of the 15th–18th Centuries”).