Silsila in Politics and Ideology (the Post-Horde World)
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2023-19-1-121-134
Abstract
In the era of the collapse of the Golden Horde, representatives of non-dynastic nobility, leaders of Turkic tribes, gained access to power in some polities. In the Nogay Horde, these were the leaders of the Manghyt tribe. Since they did not belong to the descendants of Genghis Khan as the only basis for legitimate rule, they had to invent other ways to legitimize their managerial prerogatives. Inside the court environment of Manghyt leaders, a genealogical combination was compiled regarding the pedigree of the founder of the Nogay ruling dynasty, Bek Ӓdigü. His origin was artificially erected to the Sufi preacher of the 14th century Khoja Ahmad Baba Tükles, and he, in turn, was declared a direct descendant of the first caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. In this pedigree, there was a mixture of purely Sufi silsila (as a succession of pious sheikhs) and a succession of purely secular rulers, including clearly legendary ones.
About the Author
V. V. Trepavlov
Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vadim V. TREPAVLOV, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, D. Sci. (Hist.), chief researcher, Centre for the History of the Peoples of Russia and Interethnic Relations
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Trepavlov V.V. Silsila in Politics and Ideology (the Post-Horde World). Islam in the modern world. 2023;19(1):121-134. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2023-19-1-121-134
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