▁the ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁Turk ic ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Sh am k hal ian ▁state ▁is ▁Lak ▁historian ▁Ali ▁Kay ae v : Also ▁it ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁historian ▁F ah rett in ▁Kir zi og lu , ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁historian ▁D . ▁H . ▁M ama ev , ▁Hal im ▁G ere y ▁Sultan , ▁Me h met - E f endi , ▁and ▁others . ▁D ag est an ian ▁historian ▁R . ▁Mag omed ov ▁stated ▁that : Russ ian ▁professor ▁of ▁orient al ▁studies , ▁the ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Historical ▁Sciences ▁I . ▁Z ay t se v , ▁also ▁shared ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁the ▁Sh am k hal ate ▁was ▁a ▁K um yk ▁state ▁with ▁the ▁capital ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁K um uk ▁( written ▁thus ▁in ▁medieval ▁sources ). ▁While ▁studying ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Tim ur id ▁histor ians ▁N iz am ▁ad - D in ▁Sh ami ▁and ▁Sh ere f ▁ad - din ▁Y ez di , ▁Soviet ▁histor ians ▁V . ▁Rom as ke v ich ▁and ▁S . ▁Vol in , ▁and ▁U z bek ▁historian ▁Ash raf ▁Ah med ov , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁professor ▁in ▁Alan ▁studies ▁O . ▁B uben ok , ▁call ▁Gaz i - K um uk ▁( also ▁Gaz i - K um uk l uk ▁in ▁medieval ▁sources ) ▁call ▁the ▁Sh am k hal ate ▁area ▁as ▁the ▁lands ▁of ▁K um y ks