Book of Ubaydullah Khan (Ubaydulla-name)
A court chronicle of Bukhara under Ubaydullah Khan II, 1702 to 1711.
Full title Book of Ubaydullah Khan: contemporary history of Bukhara 1702-1711, Russian translation by A. A. Semenov, Tashkent 1957
عبیدالله نامه
Mir Muhammad Amin Bukhari (fl. 1700-1716)
Mir Muhammad Amin Bukhari, an official of Ubaydullah Khan II (reigned 1702 to 1711), wrote this contemporary Persian chronicle of Bukhara around 1711 to 1716. It is detailed on tribal amirs, Kazakh raids and the politics of Bukhara, Samarkand and Balkh, at the time European maps were fixing Bucharia and Independent Tartary. The atlas does not hold the text: only A. A. Semenov's 1957 Russian translation, as a web transcription, is recorded, and nothing is stored.
- How they knew
- Eyewitness
- Who “Tartar” means here
- Not recorded. The card lists Uzbek tribal amirs, Kazakhs and Khivans as the peoples involved.
- Why read it
- An inside view of Bukharan politics at the moment Western maps were fixing Bucharia and Independent Tartary.
- Watch out
- It is a panegyric written to praise the khan, and no critical Persian edition exists. The atlas quotes nothing from this work.
What it says
No quotes from this one yet. Its text is out of reach for now, or the scan could not be read.
The fine print
How we know
firsthand The author saw the places or people described.
firsthand court chronicle by a contemporary official of Ubaydullah Khan II (r. 1702-1711)
Research notes
- Panegyric court chronicle; no critical Persian edition.
- | Also recorded independently by the russian pass: Open web text retrieved (vostlit.info/Texts/rus9/Ubajdulla/text1.phtml).
Why it matters
Inside view of Bukharan politics at the moment Russian and Western maps were fixing 'Bucharia' and 'Independent Tartary'; detailed on tribal amirs and Kazakh raids.
Places named
Bukhara; Samarkand; Balkh; Transoxiana
Peoples named
Ashtarkhanids; Uzbek tribal amirs (Keneges, Yuz, Ming); Kazakhs; Khivans