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History of Cathay: A Translation and Linguistic Analysis of a Fifteenth-Century Turkic Manuscript

History of Cathay: A Translation and Linguistic Analysis of a Fifteenth-Century Turkic Manuscript

Hardcover

Series: Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, Book 162

Central Asian History

ISBN10: 0933070373
ISBN13: 9780933070370
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Dec 1 1995
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

In this book, Ildikó Bellér-Hann presents a transcription, translation, and analysis of the Tārīkh-i Khatā'ī, or, the History of Cathay. Written in a little-known Turkic language referred to by scholars as Türk 'Acämī, the Tārīkh-i Khatā'ī serves as an excellent source for linguistic study. Bellér-Hann expertly dissects the language of this manuscript in order to argue that its linguistic features represent a predecessor of modern Azerbaijani Turkic. Beyond the extensive linguistic analysis, Bellér-Hann also provides the reader with succinct historiography of the manuscript. This work is an essential source for any reader interested in Turkic and Persian languages and history.

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