NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Animism, Ghaznavids, Safavid Dynasty
12 Mar 2013
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Altaic group: very diff to iranian languages indo-european (english, mongols. Turkish ottoman turkish and modern language and state of. Turks migrate into islamic world from eurasian steppe (qipchaq. Steppe) n of caspian sea, where they are islamized by missionaries migrate to c asia, middle e (*11th c. ) Mamluk" = slave became core of mamluk dynasty" unique political construction. Turks and iranians: symbiotic relationship b/w turk (nomad) and tajik (sedentary. Iranian), though they were quite stringent in characteristic: epitomized by old turkic proverb, turks have many pithy (short, meaningful) proverbial, tatsiz turk bolmas, bashsiz bork bolmas sayings. Loyalty to clan was paramount for all tribal peoples (e. g. , turks) Great concern for knowledge of own genealogy: subtelny. The sons of (tamerlane) from a turko-mongolian genealogy. Hunting means of military training: original religion shamanistic, animistic, tangri. Literature heavily oral, under persian influence: dev"t of turkic literary languages (arabic script did not fit, arabic terminology brought into language.
