Inner Asia

Tarihten günümüze Kâşgarlı Mahmud gibi, Yusuf Has Hâcib gibi birçok bilgin ve edip yetiştirmiş olan bugünkü Xinjiang Uygur Özerk Bölgesi’nde yetişmiş bilginlerden biri de kuşkusuz Prof. Mirsultan Osman’dır.
Eski Türkçeden çağdaş Uygur yazı dili ile diyalektlerine kadar çeşitli alanlarda araştırmaları bulunan Mirsultan Osman, bu yıl 85. yaşını idrâk etmektedir. 2014 yılında, Türk Kültürüne Hizmet Vakfı tarafından organize edilen 5. Türk Dünyası Türk Dili Şeref Ödülü’ne layık görülen Mirsultan Osman için hazırladığımız bu armağan kitaba öğrencileri ile meslektaşları makaleleriyle katkıda bulundu. Kitapta, Türkçe ve Uygurca başta olmak üzere, Almanca, Çince ve İngilizce makaleler de bulunmaktadır.
Hem Mirsultan Osman’ın çalışma alanını belirtmek hem de kitapta bulunan makalelerin içeriği ile ilgili fikir verebilmek için, bu armağan kitaba, Eski Türkçeden Çağdaş Uygurcaya adı verildi.

In this paper they are analyzed the ethnonyms known among the Buryats in the form of Manǰiraγ [Manǯirag˱], Malǰiraγ [Malǯirag˱] etc. (those are Manžirak, Manžirak in Russian spelling, “Manzir” in Russian documents of the 17th century), and among the Yakuts to be attested as Maldˊaγar. The Buryat forms reflected the original *Manǰi Uraγ or *Malǰi Uraγ, where attested in both cases the first element characterized by the development of complex -nǰ- > -lǰ-. The secondary form may be found also in mentioned Yakut Maldˊaγar that to be metathesised version of *Maldˊǝraχ < *Malǰiraγ, due to development of Mong. -raγ > Yak. *-raχ > -γar. So, it is possible to view here another Mongolic borrowing in the register of Yakut ethnonyms. The etymology of the original ethnonym was also analysed in the paper. The word is not based on roots such nor as Manču ~ Manǰu, that is the ethnic name of Manchu people, nor the from Buddhist lexicon word Bandi ‘novice, pupil of a lama’ (> Kalm. Manži), because of problems in chronology for possibility of any of such versions. So, it is of the possible the most optimal version seems to prefer the word analysed to be compared with known in Written Mongolian manǰi ‘an elk’. It may be to argue that the development -nǰ- > -lǰ- attested had made place already in the form of the word have not yet been a part of the ethnonym contracted. Among Tofalars it is known the tribal name Maldˊär < *Malǰi är ‘Malǰi people, people of Malǰi’. It seems that among both Yakuts and Tofalars it is circulated the secondary form of the Mongolic name. The penetration of the word here had started before 17th century. And one can say also that not only the development -nǰ- > -lǰ- had its place to that time that supported by known among Yakuts personal name attested in Russian spelling as Malegar, i.e., *Maläγar [*Maljäγar], but it was also the Middle Mongolic /ǰ/ > Buryat */dz/ reflected in Russian spelling “Manzirskiy” found in documents of the 17th century.

Монография подготовлена в рамках одноименного исследовательского проекта и посвящена анализу миграционных процессов в историко-культурном монгольском мире, рассеченном несколькими государственными границами. Рассматриваются миграции в рамках этого мира, за его пределы, интеграцию его в глобальные миграционные процессы. Анализируются практики адаптации мигрантов к принимающему обществу и стратегии конструирования мигрантских сообществ, процессы формирования и функционирования транслокальных структур. Изучается воздействие диаспоральных сообществ на принимающие и отпускающие общества, процессы их
институционализации.
Предназначена для специалистов в области проблем миграций и диаспор, истории и современного развития монгольского мира, широкого круга читателей.

The main objective of the book is to analyze the practices of differentiation and unification in a place of intense encounters of cultures and peoples of different civilizational backgrounds, but with relatively similar cultural and political experiences. The multiscale and spectral character of borderline situation gives opportunities to investigation of Michelle Foucault  micro-physics perspective – how power plays out in the institutionalized forms (Foucault 2003). Dispositions, maneuvers, tactics and techniques of border life show us the permanent contradiction between local and official knowledge, between local and central authority, between phantom and reality, between official version of the past and memory. The attention will be devoted mainly to the 1st half of the 20th century when local attempts to modernize borderline regions were confronted with modern state-building on the Sino-Russian frontier and their legacy.