ON THE WORDS ONLUK YUZLUK OF OLD UIGHUR LAW DOCUMENTS
Arda Karadavut
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Arda Karadavut | Yıl: 2019 — Özet: With the capture of Karabalgasun, the capital of the Orkhon Uighur Khaganate in 840, a large part of the Uighurs were scattered to the west, north and south foothills of Tanri Mountains, and the rest to the south and north of China. The Ui
With the capture of Karabalgasun, the capital of the Orkhon Uighur Khaganate in 840, a large part of the Uighurs were scattered to the west, north and south foothills of Tanri Mountains, and the rest to the south and north of China. The Uighurs who migrated to the agricultural basin reorganized here and founded the Uighur Idikut State and this state was reorganized XIV. century has continued to exist.
Uighurs built a very deep-rooted civilization in this five century period and became one of the most important representatives of all branches of science and art from medicine to engineering, from music to literature. The Uighurs, most of whom belonged to the Mahayana sect of Buddhism as faith, created a literature within the Buddhism cultural circle and many translations and adaptations were brought to Old Uighur.
Besides these works, the civil documents and contracts of Uighurs have survived to the present day. The dating in the documents was made according to the Turkish calendar with twelve animals. Researchers have limited the date range to the Mongolian-era Yuan Dynasty in China. In this study, it is aimed to determine the date of these documents through the onluk and yuzluk words that are witnessed in six of the Uyghur civil documents.