МАВЗОЛЕЙ ДЖУЧИ-ХАНА: РЕАЛИИ, ЛЕГЕНДЫ И ОБРЯД

Translated title of the contribution: JUCHI KHAN MAUSOLEUM: REALITIES, LEGENDS AND RITUALS

Emma R. Usmanova, Kanat Z. Uskenbay, Mukhtar B. Kozha, Irina P. Panyushkina, Lidiya N. Solovieva, Gaziz A. Akhatov

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Abstract

Lore and folk legends designate the burial of Jochi Khan, the eldest son of Genghis Khan, in the eponymous mausoleum in Ulytau, Kazakhstan. The mausoleum was built according to Islamic architecture of the 14th-15th centuries. A.Kh. Margulan, the author of archeological excavations, relying mostly on the folk legends designated the mausoleum's burial to Jochi Khan. Radiocarbon dating of mausoleum determines two stages of its construction throughout the 14th century and the burial box age later than the death of Jochi Khan in 1225. New evidence from the mausoleum architecture and artifacts suggests that Jochi's burial is not in the mausoleum but a secret place prescribed by the Chinggisid canon. The assembly of Islamic and pre-Islamic traditions and the camel skull found in the burial indicates that the burial was made for a person of Islamic faith from the Golden Horde. Whereas the mausoleum was named in the honor of Jochi Khan.

Translated title of the contributionJUCHI KHAN MAUSOLEUM: REALITIES, LEGENDS AND RITUALS
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)74-80
Number of pages7
JournalArkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Golden Horde
  • Islamic mausoleum
  • Jochi Khan
  • camel cult
  • pre-Islamic rituals
  • radiocarbon dating
  • secret burial

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • History
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology

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