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MAIASP. 2021. No. 13 Paul David Buell ( Some Notes on Proper Names and Official Titles in the Mongɣol-un
niɣuca tobčiyan: inal/inanča/inaq DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.62.23.028 Access this
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Mongɣol-un niɣuca tobčiyan, the
“Secret History of the Mongol,” is the only work of its kind from the era of
the Mongolian world Empire, it has a complex history
as a text but was originally written in (Middle) Mongolian. It is a
linguistically very rich source, not only for the Mongols but for many other
groups who are seen allied with or appear fighting against the Mongols, the
latter bearers of the power of Eternal Heaven and of the potent sanction of
the ancestors. Thus, in addition to overt political assertions to guide the
new Mongolian Empire, and its rulers’ managers, and commanders, and
containing carefully selected and crafted statements of events of myth and
history. These are designed to buoy up the imperial state of affairs and
Mongolian society in general, Adapted documents and
even works of a literary character are among the devices used to this end.
Given its nature, it is only to be expected too that the “Secret History”
also is a rich source of a full history behind the scenes of told by the
personal names and epithets, and titles of Mongols, but also the names,
epithets, and titles of many non-Mongols who had military, political and
diplomatic contacts with the Mongols in the early 13th century.
These names, epithets, and titles tell entirely their own story. Thus,
grasping their potential importance, these names, epithets and, titles have
been studied by many researchers, from a variety of perspectives. Here,
we, a Mongolist and a Turkologist,
have banded together, to follow in the footsteps of these investigators who
have gone before, offering our historical-comparative analysis of the related
words inal/inanča/inaq, and their semantic and
morphological structure, examined within a larger context of the “Secret
History” and its monumental, literary linguistic and cultural world. Our
analysis will be primarily based on the “Secret History,” but also on other
historical texts and documents, as well as information offered by Mongolists, but also provided by those in closely related
disciplines, in Turkology in particular, for
example, this is only natural since Mongols and Turks closely interacted in
building an empire, and the new, often mixed cultures that emerged from it. |
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Key words: Mongɣol-un niɣuca tobčiyan,
Middle Mongolian, personal name, title, *ına-. |
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Received
July 21, 2021 Accepted
for publication August 12, 2021 |
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About the authors: Buell Paul David ( E-mail: paul.buell@ung.edu Erk Kutluay (Bornova/İzmir, E-mail: kutluay.erk@windowslive.com |