JADWAL IN THE PARIS MANUSCRIPT OF THE MUNTAKHAB AL-TAWĀRĪKH-I MU‘ĪNĪ AND TOPKAPI SARAYI MÜZESI KÜTÜPHANESI, B. 411*

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, we analyze the jadwal (table [of the dynasty]) in the Paris manuscript of Mu‘īn al-Dīn Naṭanzī’s Muntahab at-Tawārīkh-i Muʻīnī (hereinafter MTM) and the section of the Jochid Ulus in the manuscript Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, B. 411 (Synoptic Account, hereinafter B. 411), probably by the same author as the MTM, both of which have received little attention so far, comparing and examining the information contained in them, and reevaluate the problem of the «Aq Orda» and «Kök Orda» and characteristics of the MTM. As is well known, there are several problems with the information about the Jochid Ulus in the MTM, but from an analysis of this paper it becomes clear that its author did possess a lot of important information about the Jochid Ulus, more than can be found in the MTM text. On the other hand, it is assumed that the author did not have accurate information about the early history of the «Left Hand» (Ordaids). In addition, the author could have had more accurate information about the «Aq Orda» and «Kök Orda» at the time of writing the B. 411, but the information was already confused. A further comparison and study of the jadwal and the B. 411, as well as the MTM text will allow us to clarify the history of the information contained in them regarding the Jochid Ulus in the future.