''Tarikh-i Dost Sultan'' (named for Dost Sultan, son of Bujugha khan, who briefly ruled the

Khanate of Khiva The Khanate of Khiva (, , uz-Latn-Cyrl, Xiva xonligi, Хива хонлиги, , ) was a Central Asian polity that existed in the historical region of Khwarazm, Khorezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Afsharid Iran, Afsharid occupat ...

in 1557-1558, apparently the patron of the work) is a work of , an historian of

Khwarezm Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by ...

. It is a narrative account of the history of the

Ulus of Jochi The Golden Horde, self-designated as ''Ulug Ulus'' ( in Turkic) was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the division of the Mong ...

, including the conversion of

Uzbeg Khan The Uzbeks () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, being among the largest Turkic ethnic groups in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak minorities, and also form minority ...

, leader of the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as ''Ulug Ulus'' ( in Turkic) was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the division of ...

, to

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in the early 14th century. The "Tarikh-i Dost Sultan" also served as the foundation for the early historical sections of 'Abdulgaffar Qirimi's ''Umdet üt-tevärih'', a history of the Crimean Tatar people written in 1744. The work survives only in a single complete manuscript, formerly owned by Turkologist and Bashkir nationalist

Zeki Velidi Togan Zeki Velidi Togan (, , ; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), was a Turkish- Bashkir historian, Turkologist, and leader of the Bashkir revolutionary and liberation movement, doctor of philosophy (1935), professor, honorary doctor of the University of Man ...

(d. 1970). It has not been edited, and scholarly discussion is limited to Togan's own publications, and publications such scholars as have consulted the manuscript in Togan's library.

References

Sources

* *Uli Schamiloglu

The Umdet ul-ahbar and the Turkic Narrative Sources for the Golden Hordeand the Later Golden Horde in H. B. Paksoy (ed.), ''Central Asian Monuments'', 1992, {{ISBN, 975-428-033-9. *Z. V. Togan, ''Turkistan Tarihi'', Istanbul, 1947. 16th-century books Iranian books