2018, vol. 6, no. 2. Zaytsev I.V.

2018, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 304-311

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-2.304-311

  TWO MEDIEVAL TATAR TOMBSTONES FROM KASIMOV

I.V. Zaytsev 1,2
1 Institute of Scientific Information of Social Sciences
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

2 Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russian Federation
ilyaaugust@yandex.ru

Abstract: Research objectives: Medieval Tatar epitaphs from Kasimov.
Research materials: Texts found on two medieval Tatar tombstones from Kasimov.
Research results and novelty: This article is a publication of the texts of two medieval Tatar tombstones from Kasimov which have been preserved in the collection of Novy Ierusalim Museum (Moscow Region). The first epitaph belongs to a certain Syun-biq-qain, the daughter of the Sultan of Qaybulla. She died on Monday at the end of Muharram 1003 AH (early October, 1594), aged 27 years. The second epitaph is partially preserved and contains neither the name nor date of death of the buried person. Both epitaphs begin by bearing Arabic Hadiths.

Keywords: Tatar medieval epigraphy, Kasimov Khanate, Kasimov Tatars, Muslim tombstones

For citation: Zaytsev I.V. Two Medieval Tatar Tombstones from Kasimov. Zoloto­ordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2018, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 304–311. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-2.304-311

Acknowledgments: I am indebted to Alexander G. Avdeev and Nikita Saveliev for the photos of the tombstones.

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About the author: Il’ya V. Zaytsev – Dr. Sci. (History), Acting Director of the Institute of Scientific Information of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (51/21, Nakhimovsky prospect, Moscow 117418, Russian Federation); Senior Researcher Fellow of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (19, Dmitriy Ulyanov Str., Moscow 117036, Russian Federation). E-mail: ilyaaugust@yandex.ru

Received  February 20, 2018   Accepted for publication  May 30, 2018
Published online  June 29, 2018