Khazars, Kipchaks, Burtas: On the Ethnic Ancestors of the Nizhnii Novgorod Mishar Tatars. Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Khairetdinov, Damir Z.
• Is Part Of: Anthropology & archeology of Eurasia. Volume 57:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 306
• Page End: 323
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: Khazars -- Kipchaks -- Burtas -- Bulgars -- Mishars -- Nizhnii Novgorod Tatars -- Khazar Khanate -- Desht-i Qipchaq -- Volga Bulgaria -- Principality of Purgaz; Anthropology -- Eurasia -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Russia -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Russia -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Russia -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 301.095
• DOI: 10.1080/10611959.2018.1536636
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1959

Abstract

Abstract : The Nizhnii Novgorod Mishar Tatars (the Nizhgars) are one of the specific groups of the Tatar people. Emerging not only, and not so much, based on religion, they represent a subethnos with its own ethnogenetic, linguistic, and cultural specifics. The Nizhgars differ from other Tatar subethnoses by a particular worldview, Mishar dialect, and rather strict marital endogamy, which continued until the 1960s. The origin of the Mishar Tatars is a controversial question that has not been resolved, due partly to sparse relevant research. Besides Turkified Madzhar-Ugrians (Mozhars), researchers have suggested Khazars, Kipchaks, and Burtas among their ancestors from the pre-Mongol period. The present article explores some of these hypotheses.