2019, vol. 7, no. 1. Nagamine H.

2019, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 115-130

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-1.115-130

   RETHINKING QĀDIR ʻALĪ BEG’S HISTORIOGRAPHY
(JĀMI‘ AL-TAVĀRĪKH) *

Hiroyuki Nagamine
National Institute of Technology, Oyama College
Oyama, Japan
h_nagamine@oyama-ct.ac.jp

Abstract: Research objective: To analyze the issues concerning the manuscripts of Qādir ‘Alī Beg. To investigate the value of his work as a historical source, its sources and their influence on the historical perceptions of the author.
Research materials: In the course of studying the manuscripts of Qādir ‘Alī Beg’s work, other historical sources were also analyzed: Chingīz-nāme/Qara Tavārīkh of Ötämish Ḥājī, ʻUmdet al-Akhbār of ‘Abd al-Ghaffār Qïrïmī, the anonymous Daftar-i Chingīz-nāme, in addition to specialized research on the history of the Jochids and the Later Jochid States.
Results and novelty of the research: An analysis of the three manuscripts of Qādir ‘Alī Beg’s work suggests that unlike those of St. Petersburg and Kazan, the Paris manuscript belonged to another person. From the analysis of the work, we found that the relationship between the Jochids and the Manghïts was strengthened through the relations of khan–beg/bī and marriage (quda-anda). In terms of the influence of this work on later periods, we noted the possibility that it influenced, either directly or indirectly, the Yusupov genealogy. In addition, in this work, in terms of historical recognition, the author tried to assert both the legitimacy and the identity of the Kasimov khanate using the “principle of Chinggisid”. Thus, the work inherited the tradition of Turco-Mongolian historiography being connected with general history which was prevalent after the composition of the Jāmiʻ al-Tawārīkh of Rashid al-Dīn. The author recognized the history of the Later Jochid States as continuing from the Jochids (the Mongol Empire) and considered the collapse of the Jochids not as a new epoch following the disappearance of the Jochid State, but as one of reorganization and changes within the ruling Jochid lineages. The historical recognition of the author is also deeply reflected in the order of dastans in the original. Although the author justified, or could not but justify, the domination of the Muscovite tsar over the Later Jochid States, the phrase “duty of salt and bread (tuz-ötmäk ḥaqqï)” well illustrates that the Kasimov Khanate actually accepted the domination of the “pagan” Muscovite tsar and theoretically legitimated this situation.

Keywords: Qādir ‘Alī Beg’s historiography, Kasimov khanate, historical recognition, Jāmiʻ al-Tawārīkh of Rashid al-Dīn, quda-anda, genealogy of Edigü, “principle of Chinggisid”, Turco-Mongolian historiography, continuousness from the Jochids, “duty of salt and bread (tuz-ötmäk ḥaqqï)”

For citation: Nagamine H. Rethinking Qādir ʻAlī Beg’s Historiography (Jāmi‘ al-Tavārīkh). Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2019, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 115–130. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-1.115-130

Acknowledgemnts:  A joint study of this work with Dr. T. Kawaguchi is currently ongoing and we are planning publications of the critical text and translation (in English and Japanese). I express deep gratitude to Dr. T. Kawaguchi for advises on this article.

* This article was written on the basis of a presentation at the International Scientific Conference on 200th anniversary of the prominent Tatar scholar, enlightener “Scientific Legacy and Social Activities of Shihab al-Din al-Marjani” (Kazan, September 20–21, 2018). In addition, this article is partially based on [34].

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About the author: Hiroyuki Nagamine ‒ Master of Arts, Lecturer, Department of General Education, National Institute of Technology, Oyama College (771, Nakakuki, Oyama, Tochigi 3230806, Japan). E-mail: h_nagamine@oyama-ct.ac.jp ; gamaja.yokaton.13@gmail.com

Received  November 30, 2018   Accepted for publication  February 8, 2019
Published  online  March 29, 2019