A MEMORANDUM ABOUT THE KING OF THE ON UYGUR AND HIS REALM
A MEMORANDUM ABOUT THE KING OF THE ON UYGUR AND HIS REALM
Author(s): Zhang Tieshan, Peter ZiemeSubject(s): History, Studies of Literature, Historical Linguistics, 13th to 14th Centuries, Turkic languages
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Old Uygur; Yuan period; Kingdom of Qočo; ötüg; Old Uygur history; Central Asian topography; New Persian borrowings in Old Uygur;
Summary/Abstract: The fragment we are editing here for the first time is a specimen of a new genre of Old Uygur literature. It is a memorandum or an account on the early years of the West Uygur Kingdom of Qočo. The leaf is the 22nd of an ötüg that contains a vivid text changing between prose and verse reflecting the literary heritage of the Old Uygurs. Supposing that the work was written during the Yuan period (13th to 14th centuries) we have to admit that it is an ambitious work of historical retelling political, military, and cultural events that took place at least two centuries before. Since the 62 lines are completely preserved, this text presents a new valuable source for further studies on Old Uygur.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 64/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 129-159
- Page Count: 31
- Language: English
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