Addendum to the Turkic translation of “Tārīkh-i Rashīdī”:
Translation and Annotation with Introduction and Indexes,
eds. Amanbek Jalilov, KAWAHARA Yayoi, SAWADA Minoru, SHINMEN Yasushi, Tokyo,2008.
The aim of this volume is to present the results of the collaborative study conducted based on theagreement with the Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan,signed in 2005, with regard to the Addendum to the Turkic translation of the Tīrīkh-i Rashīdī (fromManuscript No. r.10191 in possession of the Institute).
Manuscript No. r.10191 includes the Turkic translation of Tīrīkh-i Rashīdī (ff. 69b–344a)
completed in the 1830s, a supplement attached by the translator Khwāja Muḥammad Sharīf
containing a description of later historical events, and a copy of the waqf nāma concerning themadrasa in Kashgar (344a–416a). The Addendum itself does not carry any title. Taking into
consideration the fact that (1) the historical part of the Addendum covers events that took place bothin Eastern and Western Turkistan during the period following the last years described in Tārīkh-iRashīdī, (2) it includes descriptions related to the history of Xinjiang in the second half of theeighteenth to mid-nineteenth century under the rule of the Qing dynasty, and (3) the Addendum also
contains the waqf nāma that deals with a madrasa in Kashgar, the Addendum can be assessed as aremarkably unique historical work on Central Asia.
Based on the agreement with the Institute of Oriental Studies, the publication structurally
consists of the photocopies of the related parts of the manuscript; the text contained in themanuscript, in Arabic transcription and its annotated Japanese translation; and the bibliographic andindex sections.
According to the information provided in the manuscript, the translation of Tārīkh-i Rashīdī
was carried out under the order of Ẓuhūr al-Dīn ḥākim beg from Turfan, who hailed from the Turfanwang family and served as a ḥākim-beg, a district governor, in Kashgar under the Qing rule from1830 to 1848. Khwāja Muḥammad Sharīf translated the text, completed it in 1253 A.H. (1837/38C.E.), and later wrote the attached Addendum. Ẓuhūr al-Dīn was widely known as a patron among
men of letters and culture in contemporary Kashgar, and it can only be assumed that the author of theAddendum was one of the intellectuals who enjoyed his protection.
Each part of the Addendum shows the following characteristic features. First, the part related toWestern Turkistan before the Qing conquest of Eastern Turkistan in the eighteenth century presents apartial translation into Turkic of the Persian original manuscript commonly known under the name
Tārīkh-i Raqim. Second, the heading, composition, and contents of each section of the part regarding
Eastern Turkistan before the Qing conquest closely resemble those in the historical work commonly
known under the title of Tārīkh-i Kāshghar, “the history of Kashgar.” Third, the part related toXinjiang under the Qing rule is highly useful as it sheds light on different aspects of the political andsocial situations of the local society in Kashga in the period. Finally, the part that is the copy of thedocument related to the waqf indicates the subject of the waqf donated for a madrasa, built by theorder of Ẓuhūr al-Dīn himself, located to the east of the mausoleum of Sayyid Jalāl al-Dīn Baghdādīin the area adjoining the City of Kashgar.