2021, vol. 9, no. 2. Schamiloglu U.

2021, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 264-271

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2021-9-2.264-271

   REFLECTIONS ON THE ISLAMIC LITERATURE
OF THE GOLDEN HORDE: ON THE OCCASION
OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE QALANDAR-NĀME

Uli Schamiloglu 1,2
1 Nazarbayev University
Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan
uli.schamiloglu@nu.edu.kz

2 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, USA
uschamil@wisc.edu

Abstract: This article was presented at a roundtable devoted to a discussion of the Qalandar-nāme. The author, basing himself on the 9 chapters of the monumental Qalandar-nāme published to date with commentary, tries to compare this work with what else is known about Islamic civilization in the Golden Horde in this period. In particular, he exa­mines the account of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa and compares the Persian-language Qalandar-nāme with the Turkic works on the history of the prophets (Qısas ül-änbiya), a Sufi manual (Mucin ül-mürid), two romantic poems (Qutb’s Xusrev u Şirin and Khorezmi’s Muhabbätname), and a handbook of Islam (Nähc ül-färadis). The author finds similarities between the works of Sufi literature and the Qalandar-nāme. He concludes by posing a series of questions for future researchers, including whether this work can also be seen as a response to the Black Death, similar to the Nähc ül-färadis, as the author has argued elsewhere.

Keywords: Golden Horde, Qalandar-nāme, Nähc ül-färadis, Black Death

For citation: Schamiloglu U. Reflections on the Islamic Literature of the Golden Horde: On the Occasion of the Publication of the Qalandar-nāme. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2021, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 264–271. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2021-9-2.264-271

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About the author: Uli Schamiloglu – Ph.D. (History), Professor, Nazarbayev University (53, Kabanbay Batyr Ave, Nur-Sultan 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan); Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA). E-mail: uli.schamiloglu@nu.edu.kz , uschamil@wisc.edu

Received  March 8, 2021   Accepted for publication  May 27, 2021
Published Online  June 29, 2021