Research Article

Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy

Number: 100 January 27, 2022
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Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy

Abstract

The chart showing all the members of the genealogy, starting from the farthest ancestor of a person or family to him, is defined as the genealogy. These genealogies, called “Şejire” (шежіре) in Kazakh Turkish, are an important genre in Kazakh oral literature, and have long been sung by representatives of oral utterance tradition such as aqyn and zhyrau in oral tradition and delivered to the present day, and today they have been substantially in written form. Genealogies, although have undergone major changes when being verbally transmitted from generation to generation, are one of the most important sources of oral history. So much so that we learn many historical personalities and events, Oghuz Khan for the beginning, which is of great importance in Turkish history, from the so-called “Oghuznāma”. Kazakh genealogy is seen to be particularly influenced by the works of Shajara-i Tarākima (Genealogy of the Turkmens) by Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Khan and Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashīd al-Dīn Hamadanī. In this article, we will focus on the genealogy tradition of Kazakh Turks and the perception of Turks in genealogies linking the Kazakhs to the Turkish origin and the individuals considered common among Turks will be tried to be pointed out.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Seyfullah Yıldırım This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 27, 2022

Submission Date

December 7, 2020

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 100

APA
Yıldırım, S., & Topay, M. (2022). Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy. Bilig, 100, 37-58. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.10002
AMA
1.Yıldırım S, Topay M. Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy. Bilig. 2022;(100):37-58. doi:10.12995/bilig.10002
Chicago
Yıldırım, Seyfullah, and Mehmet Topay. 2022. “Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy”. Bilig, nos. 100: 37-58. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.10002.
EndNote
Yıldırım S, Topay M (January 1, 2022) Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy. Bilig 100 37–58.
IEEE
[1]S. Yıldırım and M. Topay, “Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy”, Bilig, no. 100, pp. 37–58, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.12995/bilig.10002.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Seyfullah - Topay, Mehmet. “Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy”. Bilig. 100 (January 1, 2022): 37-58. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.10002.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım S, Topay M. Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy. Bilig. 2022;:37–58.
MLA
Yıldırım, Seyfullah, and Mehmet Topay. “Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy”. Bilig, no. 100, Jan. 2022, pp. 37-58, doi:10.12995/bilig.10002.
Vancouver
1.Seyfullah Yıldırım, Mehmet Topay. Perception of Turks and Common Ancestor in Kazakh Genealogy. Bilig. 2022 Jan. 1;(100):37-58. doi:10.12995/bilig.10002

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