THE MANUSCRIPT "IRSHADUL-MULUK" IN MAMLUK-KIPCHAK LANGUAGE (XIV CENTURY): THEOLINGUISTIC STUDY

This article examines the monument "Irshadul-Muluk was-Salatin," written in medieval classical Arabic and translated into Kipchak during the Mamluk period, from a theological and linguistic perspective. The primary goal of the research is to conduct a linguistic and theological analysis of the original manuscript of "Irshadul-Muluk." To achieve this goal, the following tasks are set: to provide a brief description of the manuscript "Irshadul-Muluk"; to conduct a theological and linguistic analysis of the linguistic materials preserved in the monument; to carry out a linguistic and hermeneutic analysis within the framework of religious concepts in the manuscript "Irshad al-Muluk"; and to determine the features of the use of the theonym Tengri. To achieve these tasks, the methods of source studies, paleography, codicology, hermeneutics, and theological linguistics were prioritized. The main novelty of the work is that the manuscript "Irshadul-Muluk" is being studied from a theological and linguistic perspective for the first time, with a comprehensive analysis of the religious concepts within the theo-anthropo-cosmic paradigm. Based on the results of the research, a comprehensive analysis of the linguistic materials, including religious linguistic units, written in Arabic and Mamluk-Kipchak in the religious context of the monument, can solve many issues in historical theological linguistics. Thus, medieval religious manuscripts are invaluable theological and linguistic sources for studying the culture, customs, religion, and beliefs of modern Turkic peoples.