2017. Vol. 5, no. 4. Csaba Göncöl

2017. Vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 811-824

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-4.811-824

   PHILOLOGICAL REMARKS ON TWO GENEALOGIES
OF THE CRIMEAN-TATAR CLAN SHIRIN

Csaba Göncöl
Turkological Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
csaba986@gmail.com

Objectives: Philological analysis of two genealogies of the Crimean-Tatar clan termed the Shirin, and an identification of a possible common source of these genealogies.
Research materials: Two genealogies (family-trees) of the most prominent clan of the Crimean Khanate, the Shirin, have survived. The earlier one was preserved in the chronicle of the ʿUmdetü l aḫbār ‘Essence of Histories’ (1748), written by ʿAbdu l Ġaffār Qırımī, a historian of the Crimean Khanate and judge on Shirin estates. The later one was presented by clan-members after 1807 to the Crimean Assembly of Nobility (Таврическое дворянское собрание) for the recognition of their noble status and estates. This version was translated into Russian and published by Lashkov. Therefore, the question arises: can the two genealogies have a common source?

Results and the novelty of the research: Through a philological comparison of the material, the aim of the author was to demonstrate that the genealogies of the Shirin clan show similarities in content, structure, and text. The author supposes that the texts of ʿAbdu l Ġaffār Qırımī and the genealogy preserved in Russian translation could have been compiled from the same source, perhaps a preliminary Shirin genealogy which, judging from its content, the author dates to the 1660s.

Keywords: ʿAbdu l-Ġaffār Qırımī, Crimean Khanate, clan Shirin, genealogy, histo­riography

For citation: Göncöl Cs. Philological Remarks on Two Genealogies of the Crimean-Tatar Clan Shirin. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2017. Vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 811–824. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-4.811-824

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About the author: Csaba Göncöl – PhD Student in History (University of Szeged), Assistant Research Fellow at the Turkological Research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – University of Szeged (Szeged 6723, Hungary). E-mail: csaba986@gmail.com

Received  June 30, 2017   Accepted for publication  November 9, 2017
Published online  December 29, 2017