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Overview"Mirza Mahdi Xan Astarabadi came from a Persian bureaucratic family. He had for a time served Hadir Shah (r. 1736-1747) as Chief Secretary and wrote two ornate histories of his master's eventful reign. The present work was written in or near 1759 as a product of his retirement. Sanglax, meaning ""Stony place"", begins with a grammar of the variety of Turkish which achieved the status of a literary language in Eastern Iran and the adjoining regions of Central Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries and is known as Cagatay but the bulk of the work consists of a Turkish-Persian dictionary. The main emphasis here is again on the vocabulary of Cagatay, through a substantial proportion of Rumi or Ottoman words are also listed. The work is regarded as the most useful of the traditional dictionaries for Cagatay; its author had thoroughly studied the texts of what was by his time essentially a dead language, and above all the works of the 15th century poet and statesman Nawa'i. The text is given in reduced facsimile from the early MS in the possession of the E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, which was collated with the author's own copy. In his introduction the editor discusses sources, spelling and phonology among other things; he also provides thorough indices." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerard Clauson , Gerard ClausonPublisher: Gibb Memorial Trust Imprint: Gibb Memorial Trust Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 1.600kg ISBN: 9780906094310ISBN 10: 0906094313 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 31 December 1960 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationA H Morton is a Former Senior Lecturer in Persian, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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