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Towards the Study of Oirat Hydronyms of the Ili River
The paper explores Oirat hydronyms of the basin of the River of Ili (known as Ili, Tekes, Dzhirgalan, Ulan Bulak, Artsata Musar, etc.) recorded in a variety of written and oral sources of the 17th–21st centuries in different graphic and phonetic variants
Boskha Kh. Borlykova, Badma V. Menyaev
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To the issues of studying oirat and kalmyk lexicon
The article considers the issues of Oirat and Kalmyk lexical specificity in relation to the lexicon of ancient and modern Mongolian languages.While considering phonetic, lexical and derivational dialectisms of the Kalmyk language (Derbet, Torgut, Buzava ...
D. Muzraeva, A. Burykin
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On the Question of Durben-Oirat Alliance
The article deals with the less-investigated and debatable problem of the formation of the Durben-Oirat alliance in post – Yűan period in Mongolia. There were until recently two opposing points of view on it in the historiography – hypercritical and ...
V. Sanchirov
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Oirat and Kalmyk Identity in the 20th and 21st Century
Softcover, 17x24Oirat-Kalmyk are Western Mongols that since the late 14th century stand in opposition to the Eastern Mongols like Khalka, Tümed, Buryat etc.
Reckel, Johannes, Schatz, Merle
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The Colour Symbolism of the Oirat National Costume Revisited
The article analyzes the colour symbolism in the clothing of Oirats of Mongolia. The paper shows that the Oirat men’s costume was characterized by combinations of white and black which stand for the key colour opposition in the culture of all Mongolian ...
E. P. Bakaeva
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The article examines the problem, which so far had not been studied by the historical science - the fate of the Elet Oirats, who, according the Oirat and Kalmyk sources, suddenly had departured “to the west”.
B U Kitinov
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The Oirat epic cycle of Jangar
We call Jangar an epic cycle because it is composed of many cantos with close mutual connections. The story as a whole concerns the khan Jangar and his twelve warriors' heroic deeds: how they build up the khan's palace, how they defeat threatening invaders, how they conquer others' territories, and how they woo and marry beautiful maidens according to ...
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Y-chromosomal analysis of clan structure of Kalmyks, the only European Mongol people, and their relationship to Oirat-Mongols of Inner Asia [PDF]
Natalia V Balinova +2 more
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Framing gender in Mughal South Asia
Abstract Research on gender in Mughal South Asia has tended to focus either on the nature of the harem and elite female seclusion or, alternately, on constructions of elite masculinity. The first body of literature centers on debates as to the degree to which the harem functioned to limit (elite) women and constrain their political, economic, and ...
Emma Kalb
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Between Fact and Fantasy: Early Sources on Oirat Historical Dialectology
The article presents the results of a linguistic analysis of three early sources on Oirat historical dialectology, Rashīd al-Dīn’s Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh (Compendium of Chronicles, completed between 1306 and 1311) and the Mongol chronicles Sir-a tuγuǰi ...
Pavel O. Rykin
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