Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing

Introduction. The National Archive of Kalmykia houses multiple official Clear Script texts. Being different in terms of content, structure and format, the documents attest to that the genre diversity of Kalmyk official writing used to be large enough. The paper examines one such text that can be i...

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Main Author: Daria B. Gedeeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2019-12-01
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Online Access:https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/136/104
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description Introduction. The National Archive of Kalmykia houses multiple official Clear Script texts. Being different in terms of content, structure and format, the documents attest to that the genre diversity of Kalmyk official writing used to be large enough. The paper examines one such text that can be identified as a separate genre - letter of enfranchisement once granted to common people by their landlords. M aterials. The work analyzes the text of an enfranchisement letter issued by the Dorbet noyon (‘land and war lord’) Tsenden Dorji to m anjik (‘lay priest’) Gaban Sharap. Goals. The article seeks to describe and introduce into scientific discourse the text of the document containing both historical and linguistic research data. R esults. It is concluded that the letter is a standard text of the genre of 18th-century Kalmyk official writing. In this regard, it is essential to further investigate similar texts to reveal the impact of Russian records management patterns.
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spelling doaj.art-48d6c05c6a8c47698fbb6a871930daf62022-12-21T18:34:54ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрМонголоведение2500-15232019-12-0111358359310.22162/2500-1523-2019-3-583-593Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official WritingDaria B. Gedeeva0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-9184Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RASIntroduction. The National Archive of Kalmykia houses multiple official Clear Script texts. Being different in terms of content, structure and format, the documents attest to that the genre diversity of Kalmyk official writing used to be large enough. The paper examines one such text that can be identified as a separate genre - letter of enfranchisement once granted to common people by their landlords. M aterials. The work analyzes the text of an enfranchisement letter issued by the Dorbet noyon (‘land and war lord’) Tsenden Dorji to m anjik (‘lay priest’) Gaban Sharap. Goals. The article seeks to describe and introduce into scientific discourse the text of the document containing both historical and linguistic research data. R esults. It is concluded that the letter is a standard text of the genre of 18th-century Kalmyk official writing. In this regard, it is essential to further investigate similar texts to reveal the impact of Russian records management patterns.https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/136/104archival documentskalmyk official writingletter of enfranchisementaffranchisenoyonbowl carrierseal
spellingShingle Daria B. Gedeeva
Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
Монголоведение
archival documents
kalmyk official writing
letter of enfranchisement
affranchise
noyon
bowl carrier
seal
title Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
title_full Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
title_fullStr Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
title_full_unstemmed Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
title_short Enfranchisement Letters as a Genre of 18th-Century Kalmyk Official Writing
title_sort enfranchisement letters as a genre of 18th century kalmyk official writing
topic archival documents
kalmyk official writing
letter of enfranchisement
affranchise
noyon
bowl carrier
seal
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