On the origins and emergence of the Qanlï Turks

ERKOÇ H. İ.

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, cilt.86, sa.3, ss.485-503, 2023 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 86 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s0041977x23000514
  • Dergi Adı: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.485-503
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Heichezi, Qangli, Qanlï, Tiele, Turkic peoples, Tägräks
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Qanlï (Qangli) Turks were a numerous people, active in Eurasia in the twelfth to thirteenth centuries, but their ultimate origins remain a matter of debate. Often considered by modern scholars to be a part of the Kipchaks (Cumans), others have different opinions. One of these links them to cart-riding early medieval Turkic tribes called Tägräks, known in Chinese sources as Tiele , among other forms. This article examines the earliest possible (eighth-century) references to the Qalïs in the historical sources, and points to the potential links between them and various tribes seen among Turko-Mongol groupings of the ninth to tenth centuries mentioned in the Chinese sources, such as the Black Carts (Heichezi ). Another aspect that this article focuses on is how both historical and mythological texts of the Mongol period show the QaÅ lïs to be a people distinct from the Kipchaks. Ultimately, this study, which is based on both historical sources and modern research, proposes to locate the origins of the Qanlï Turks among Tägräk tribes.