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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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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