THE HISTORY OF ULŪS JŪJĪ KHĀN IN THE MUNTAKHAB AL-TAVĀRĪKH-I MU‘ĪNĪ

Abstract

Abstract. It is known that some issues in the history of Ulūs Jūjī Khān of the 13th – 15th centuries remain debatable. The Muntakhab al-Tavārīkh-i Mu‘īn is well known to the scholars of Kazakhstan, as it has become the source of ongoing discussion regarding the lineage of Urūs Khān, the founder of the dynasty of Kazakh Khāns. The work of Mavlana Mu‛in al-Din Natanzī contains numerous information about the structure of the ulūses, and the structure of the Turkic and Mongolian troops. In this work, the author provides original information on the use of Mongolian and Turkic terms. However, until now, much valuable information from the source has not been put into academic discourse and has not been involved in scientific research on the history of the Golden Horde.
 The work Muntakhab al-Tavārīkh-i Mu‘īnī has been preserved in two original editions. The first edition was devoted to Iskandar b. ‛Umar Shaykh (786-818/1384-1415), the grandson of Amīr Tīmūr. Subsequently, this edition became known as the Anonymous Iskander. The second edition of the work is known as the Muntakhab al-Tavārīkh-i Mu‘īnī.
 The principle of historicism and source study methods of historical research were used in this article, with scientific and theoretical approaches developed by domestic and foreign orientalists to study oriental manuscript sources. In particular, the methods of critical selection and systematization.
 In the process of researching handwritten historical works, the content analysis method was used. By means of horizontal and vertical cross-references, a comparatively critical analysis of historical texts containing information on the history of the Golden Horde, revealed from the Muntakhab al-Tavārīkh-i Mu‘īnī and other primary sources, was carried out. First of all, two editions of the work Muntakhab al-Tavārīkh-i Mu‘īnī were subjected to source study. In the course of comparative analysis, changes introduced by Mu‛īn al-Dīn Natanzī in the second edition of his work were revealed and analyzed.