The Sabdan Baatir codex : epic and the writing of northern Kirghiz history : edition, translation and interpretations, with a facsimile of the unique manuscript

The Sabdan Baatir codex : epic and the writing of northern Kirghiz history : edition, translation and interpretations, with a facsimile of the unique manuscript / by Daniel Prior.

In The Ŝabdan Baat?r Codex Daniel Prior presents the first complete edition, translation, and interpretation of a unique manuscript of early twentieth-century Kirghiz epic-like narrative and genealogical poems, analyzing their patronage and their context of oral and written historiography.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prior, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:Brill's Inner Asian library ; 28.
Subjects:
Kyrgyz literature > History and criticism.
Epic literature, Kyrgyz > History and criticism.
Historiography > Kyrgyzstan.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Epic literature, Kyrgyz
Historiography
Kyrgyz literature
Kyrgyzstan > History > Sources.
Kyrgyzstan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Sources
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Spelling; INTRODUCTION; General Introduction; Oral Traditions and the Writing of History in Inner Asia; Objectives and Plan of the Edition, Translation, and Interpretations; The Kirghiz Past; Writers, Singers, Patrons, and Genres; The Raid on the Qalmaqs; Historical Background of the Poem; The Story of Kenesari; Historical Background of the Poem; The Inface and Postface; The Poem of Saint Sanci; The Manuscript and the Edition; Description and Dating of the Codex; Principles of the Text Edition; Table of Equivalents in the Edition.
  • TEXT AND TRANSLATION[I.] The Raid on the Qalmaqs; [II.] Inface; [III.] Kenensarinin qissasi; [IV.] Postface; [V.] Sanci Oluyanin qazali; COMMENTARY; Notes on the Text; I. The Raid on the Qalmaqs; II. The Inface; III. The Story of Kenesari; IV. The Postface; V. The Poem of Saint Sanci; The Raid on the Qalmaqs; Chronology of the Raid; Who Was Being Praised? The Origin and Development of the Poem; The Itinerary; The Story of Kenesari; The Poem of Saint Sanci; The Esengul and Tinay Saribagis; Saribagis Traditions and Sanjira; General Commentary; Some Matters of Form.
  • Arguments Implicit in the CodexConclusion and Departure; APPENDICES; Appendix A. Authorship, Date, Patronage, and Copying of the Codex; Appendix B. Qaligul Q on Kenesari's Incursion of 1846; ""The Battle between Kene Khan, Descendant of Ablay Khan, and the Kirghiz in 1846 (the Year of the Horse)""; Appendix C. Qaligul R on Kenesari's Incursion of 1846; Appendix D. Bala Ayilci on Kenesari's Incursion of 1846; Appendix E. Iakov Mikhailovskii on the Buddhist Monastery at Suembe; ""A Trip to Suembe""; Appendix F. Nikolai Aristov on the Raid on the Qalmaqs in 1864.
  • Appendix G. Belek Soltonoyev on the Raid on the Qalmaqs in 1864Appendix H. Vsevolod Roborovskii on the Yulduz Valley; Maps; Genealogical Chart; Bibliography; Notes; Abbreviations; References; Index; FACSIMILE.

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