Sources on the Jochid Genealogy: A Critical Analysis
This article examines the relationship between these sources on the Jochid genealogy: 1. Jami at-Tavarikh of Rashid ad-Din. 2. Shuab-i Pandzhgana of Rashid ad-Din. 3. Mu'izz al-Ansab. 4. Tavarikhi Guzidayi Nusrat Namy. 5. Bahr al-Asrar 6. Shadzharayi Turk va Mogul of Abulgazi. 7. Anonym of Iskander. 8. Jami at-Tavarikh of Kadyrali Zhalairi. Based on a critical analysis of the sources, the author comes to the following conclusions: Shuab-i Pandzhgana is the source for Mu'izz al-Ansab. Paris manuscript of "Mu'izz al-Ansab" differs from the other four copies that trace back to a uniform Indian copy of "Mu'izz al-Ansab". Jami at-Tavarih became a source for such works as Tavarikhi Guzidayi Nusrat-nama, Bahr al Asrar, Shadzharayi Turk va Mogul of Abulgazi, Jami at-Tavarikh Kadyrali Zhalairi. Tavarihi Guzidayi Nusrat-nama, Bahr al Asrar, Shadzharayi Turk va Mogul of Abulgazi trace back to one common unknown source, according to the characteristic errors: incorrect genealogy of Urus Khan and "childless son of Tuka-Timur." Among the four basic sources of the Jochid genealogy ((Jami at-Tavarikh and Shuab-i Pandzhgana of Rashid ad-Din, Mu'izz al-Ansab, Tavarihi Guzidayi-Nusrat-nama), only one (Jami at-Tavarih) entered into scholarly circulation after verivication of the most copies of this source. "Shuab-i Pandzhgana" has not yet entered into scholarly circulation. Only one of the five copies of "Mu'izz al-Ansab" was used in the source publication. This led to a greater number of errors when translating the Jochid genealogies and the genealogies of other descendants of Genghis Khan. From two existing copies of "Tavarikhi Guzidayi Nusrat-nama", only St. Petersburg copy was used in translation, despite the fact that it does not contain the genealogy of Orda-edzhen.