Qul Sharīf and the Narratives of Ghazān
Journal: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Year: 2022

Zeki Validi Togan's (1890Togan's ( -1970) ) intellectual trajectory was similar to that of many contemporaries who were similarly born into a Muslim learned milieu. He received a madrasa education, over the course of which he developed a particular interest in manuscripts, and then embarked upon a career as an academic Orientalist.1 Upon his ultimate emigration to Turkey in 1925 after the establishment of the Bolshevik regime in Russia and years of travel in Central Asia, Iran and Europe, Togan