Rashiduddin Fazlullah’s Jami u't-tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: A History of the Mongols Part One. English Translation & Annotation [1]

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Published at Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 1998

SOURCES

OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES

AND LITERATURES

45 Edited by

Sinasi Tekin & Géniil Alpay Tekin

CENTRAL ASIAN SOURCES Iv

RASHIDUDDIN FAZLULLAH’S

Jami ‘ut-tawatikh:

Compendium of Chronicles LT:

A History of the Mongols A

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Part One English Translation

@ Annotation by

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Published at Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 1998

Copyright © 1998 by the Editors.

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Managing Editor of the Sources of Oriental Languages & Literatures Series Selim Sirn Kuru

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 70-131003

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ogu Dilleri ve Edebiyatlarinin Kaynaklani dizisinin 45. ve Orta Asya Kaynaklan alt

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guages and Literatures and the fourth volume in the Central Asian Sources subseries, the famous world history, Jami‘u’t-tawarikh,

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metnin tamamuini bilim adamlarinin tedecdesiae sunmustur. Cami‘ii’t-Tevarth, genel tarih acisindan oldugu kadar 15. yy Osmanli tarihi bakimindan da sok 6nemlidir. 15. yy’1in baslarinda Anadolu’nun kaderi hentiz kesin olarak tayin edilmemisti. Diger Anadolu beylikleri gibi Osmanlilar da Anadolu’da siyasi birligi kurmaya namzetidiler. Fakat bunda bagariya ulagmak icin sadece askeri ve iktisadi giic yeterli degildi. Diger beylikler gibi bu isi tistlenen Osmanli’nun, kitlelerin géziinde itibarl: olmasi gerekiyordu. [ste Osmanli’ya bu itiban, bu asaleti yani mesrulugu saglayacak tek sey, asil ve mesru bir boydan gelmis oldugunun isbati idi. Bu boy Kay1 boyu, bunun da en giivenilir kaynafn Resideddin’in eserindeki Orta Asya boylanr ile ilgili bolum idi. Bilindigi gibi Yazicizade Ali adh bir divan katibi, derleme bir Selcuk tarihi olan Oguzname adhieserinin basina, Resgideddin’in mukaddimesindeki Tiirk ve Mogol boylarindan bahseden kismimi terciime edip koymus ve bu eseri 1425 yilinda II. Murad’a sunmustur. Bununla Anadoluhalkina iletilmek istenen mesaj

e are publishing, as the forty-fifth vol-

ume of the Sources of Oriental Lan-

Osmanli

soyundan gelenlerdir, ciinki bunlar asil Kay boyundandirlar!’ Vebdylece Yazicizade Ali, Resideddin’in tespitlerini Anadolu halkina Tirkee olarak iletmekle Osmanlhi’ya gerekli itibar1 saglamis oluyordu.

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for the use of scholars. From the point of view of fifteenth-century Ottoman history, the Jami‘u’t-tawarikh is of great importamce as a general history. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, the fate of Anatolia had not yet been definitively determined. Like other beyliksin Anatolia, the Ottomans were vying to establish political unity in Anatolia, and mere military and economic power was not sufficient for achieving success: it was also necessary to provide the rising Ottomans with prestige in the eyes of the masses. The only way to secure for the Ottomans this prestige, this ‘nobility’ —i.e. legitimacy—was to prove that they came from a noble and legitimate tribe. The most trustworthy source on their tribe, the Qayi tribe, was the section in Rashiduddin’s work about the tribes of Central Asia. A chancery scribe named Yazicizade Ali translated the section in Rashiduddin’s

introduction that deals

with the Turkish and Mongol tribes and placed it at the beginning of his general history of the Seljuqs, the Oghuzndme, which he presented to Murad 1! in 1425. The message intended to be conveyed thereby to the people of Anatolia was: “Your legitimate rulers come from the Ottoman family because they are from the noble Qayitribe.” And thus, by conveying Rashiduddin’s evidence, in Turkish, to the people of Anatolia, Yazicizade Ali provided the prestige necessary forthe Ottomans.

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