古典期オスマン帝国における正統の創造 : オグズ伝承の分析から

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One of the most important roots of the Ottoman dynasty is its Oguz origins in the myth of Oguz Han, the legendary hero of Turkish Oguz tribes, and his descendents. Almost all of the Turkish-Mongol Muslim dynasties sought to trace their ancestry from the Oguz tradition. The Ottoman dynasty claimed two ancestors based on that tradition. Kayi, the first born son of the first born son of Oguz Han, is regarded by some historians as the Ottoman ancestor, based on the claim that Kayi was selected to be crowned king of the Oguz tribes by the will of Oguz Han. However, other historians claim that the ancestor of the Ottoman dynasty was Gok, who was the fourth son of Oguz Han. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Ottoman historians selected the ancestors from the Oguz tradition and attempted to legitimize Ottoman kingship based on it. In the original Oguz tradition, heirs to the throne were not clearly determined, although Kayi was invested with relatively high priority. In the Ottoman-Oguz tradition, however, the rule of succession was clearly acclaimed with Kayi being the legitimate heir to rule over the Oguz tribes. On the other hand, the alternative ancestor,Gok, came not from the Oguz tradition, but the old Ottoman tradition. The Gok origin was more predominate during the 15th century, while the Kayi origin was finally determined as "canon" in the Ottoman historiography during the 16th century, owing to the superior authority given to the Oguz tradition.