2024. no 1. Ismagil Gibadullin, Il’nur Mirgaleev
Seyyid Muhammad Riza and his essay
“Seven Planets in the News of the Tatar Kings”
Ismagil Gibadullin, Il’nur Mirgaleev
Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Abstract. The article is about one of the most important works devoted to the history of the Crimean Khanate, the historical work “Seven Planets in the News of the Tatar Kings” (“As-sab’ as-sayyar fi akhbari muluk at-Tatar”) by the Ottoman author Seyyid Muhammad Riza, who most likely was of Crimean Tatar origin and came from the Seyid stratum and was part of the elite of the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the affairs of the Seyids. The title of the work has an allegorical meaning and is associated with the sacred meaning of the number seven and means “seven significant khans who ruled within the Crimea.” The work “As-sab‘ as-sayyar fi akhbari muluk at-tatar” was written between 1737–1747 and is an example of the chronicle genre (tawarikh) with a presentation of events in chronological order. In total, eight copies of the composition are known, which are stored in Turkey, Russia and Egypt. All of them were rewritten between 1755–1756 and 1791. The first publication of the original text of the work belongs to A.K. Kazembek.
Keywords: Seyyid Muhammad Riza, “Seven planets in the news about the Tatar kings”, “As-sab‘ as-sayyar fi akhbari muluk at-Tatar”, Crimea, Tatars, Ottoman historical works, Tatar khans
For citation: Gibadullin I.R., Mirgaleev I.M. Seyyid Muhammad Riza and his essay “Seven Planets in the News of the Tatar kings”. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie = Crimean Historical Review. 2024, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 24–34. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2024.1.24-34 (In Russian)
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About the authors: Ismagil R. Gibadullin – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow at the the Usmanov Center for Research on the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ismagil4@yahoo.com
Il’nur M. Mirgaleev – Cand. Sci. (History), Head of the Usmanov Center for Research on the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0001-6013-6944, ResearcherID: J-9533-2017, Scopus AuthorID: 57201656376; dilnur1976@mail.ru
