A broken mirror
The Kıpçak world in the thirteenth century by Dimitri Korobeinikov
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20040773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dimitri A Korobeinikov (corresponding author), Dimitri Korobeinikov |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 379-412 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Other Europe in the Middle Ages (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004163898.i-492.95 |
| OpenAlex | W809200600 |
| ISBN | 9789004163898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is difficult to say whether, and to what extent, the Turkic society in Egypt mirrored the ethnic and tribal structures of the Dasht-i Kipcak. The reluctance of the Arabic chroniclers to name the Mamlūks 'Kipcaks' speaks for itself. The Kipcak dominance of the early Mamlūk society had fortunate repercussions for historians of Dasht-i Kipcak. For the Cuman slaves brought with them stories about their former homeland. This chapter, among other things, attempts to reconstruct the early life of the future sultan Beybars, specifically the period before his enslavement as a Cuman young man. No one seems to know the ethnic identity of the Armeno-Kipcak people: as the acts were written in Armenian characters, and were, mainly, translations of Armenian sources, one may suggest that the speakers were either Armenians who had adopted the Kipcak language, or Kipcaks who had turned Armenian - a broken mirror. Keywords: Armeno-Kipcak people; broken mirror; Dasht-i Kipcak; early Mamlūk society
Ancient history · Arabic · Armenian · Art · Ethnic Cleansing · Ethnic group · Homeland · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |