AN OVERVIEW OF THE GOLDEN HORDE STUDIES AND THE PLACE OF GENGHIZNAME AND SHIBANNAMES AS NATIVE SOURCES IN THE GOLDEN HORDE STUDIES

Abstract

Studies on the empire of Genghis are becoming increasingly important not only for understanding the Late Middle Ages of Eurasia, but also for its contemporary periods. In the past two centuries, in connection with the historical importance of Eastern Europe and Inner Asia, a great accumulation has been revealed in studies that reveal the location of the four nations that make up this vast empire, especially the Jochi Ulus.

The oral history tradition, on which the Turk peoples are based, has developed in two branches as Oguzname and Genghizname, harmonizing with the historical tradition of China, then Iran and Islam. Works in Persian and Turkish languages are integrated with Islamic traditions. This historiography tradition forms the basis of the Turkic states' conceptions of dominance. These are the mythology of the Turkic peoples, that is, in a sense, the stenography of prehistory or times that history has not recorded.