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04449aam a2200685Ii 4500 001 AE4709AECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 190211t20192019be b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9782503584171 020 $a 2503584179 035 $a (OCoLC)1085166777 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OHX $d EQO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d XFF $d ZYU $d OCLCF $d ZYU $d YDXIT $d WAU $d CHVBK $d OCL $d OCLCO $d DGU $d UAB $d SILO 041 1 $a tut $a tut $h tut 043 $a a-mp--- $a a-cc-su $a a-cc-ka $a a-mp--- 050 4 $a HE7181 $b .V47 2019 082 04 $a 950 100 1 $a Ver, Marton, $e author. 245 10 $a Old Uyghur documents concerning the postal system of the Mongol Empire / $c Marton Ver. 264 1 $a Turnhout, Belgium : $b Brepols, $c [2019] 300 $a 263 pages ; $c 30 cm. 490 1 $a Berliner Turfantexte ; $v XLIII 500 $a "Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademien Vorhaben Turfanforschung." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and indexes. 520 8 $a This is the first collected edition of the Old Uyghur fragments related with the postal system in the Mongolian period. It is well known that the Mongols recognized the need for a fast and reliable flow of information and commercial goods at an early stage of their conquests. This necessity led to the establishment of an empire-wide postal relay system. Unprecedented in both size and efficiency, the pan-Eurasian network of messengers and postal stations became one of the Chinggisids' most important imperial institutions. This new volume of the 'Berliner Turfantexte' presents an edition and English translation (with detailed commentary) of the surviving Old Uyghur documents related to the postal system of the Mongol Empire (13th-14th centuries), many of which are previously unpublished. Mostly preserved in the Berlin Turfan collection, these unique texts were unearthed in the Turfan region and in the vicinity of Dunhuang. Comprising a range of administrative records and other documents with links to the postal system, they provide multiple snapshots of its operation at local and regional level. Their study therefore enables us to examine the postal system from a completely different point of view than that found in previous reconstructions, which tended to focus on narrative sources. Exposing administrative strata and regional nuance, the work sheds new light on this vital aspect of imperial Mongol rule. The book concludes with a bibliography, indices and tables of concordance. This work will be of interest for specialists in Turkology, Mongolian studies, medieval Central Eurasian history, information history and the Mongol Empire. 546 $a Turkic and English. 650 0 $a Postal service $z Asia $x History $y To 1500 $v Sources. 650 0 $a Mongols $x History $y To 1500 $v Sources. 650 0 $a Old Turkic language $v Texts. 650 0 $a Old Turkic language $v Translations into English. $v Translations into English. 651 0 $a Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) $x Antiquities. 651 0 $a Gansu Sheng (China) $x Antiquities. 650 0 $a Postal service $z Mongolia $x Finance. 651 0 $a Mongolia $x Politics and government. 651 7 $a Mongol Empire. $2 tgn $0 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7024419 650 7 $a Mongolen $2 gnd 650 7 $a Post $2 gnd 650 7 $a Uigurisch $2 gnd 650 7 $a Verwaltung $2 gnd 650 7 $a Postal service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01072885 650 7 $a Old Turkic language. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01045264 650 7 $a Mongols $x Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01025429 650 7 $a Manuscripts, Old Turkic. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01894489 650 7 $a Antiquities. $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast 650 7 $a Postal service $x Finance. $2 fast 651 7 $a China $z Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212006 651 7 $a China $z Gansu Sheng. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212203 651 7 $a Asia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240495 650 7 $a Postal service $z Mongol Empire. $2 local 651 7 $a Turfan-Gebiet $2 gnd 651 7 $a Mongolia. $2 fast 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a Translations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423791 655 7 $a Texts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423705 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 830 0 $a Berliner Turfantexte ; $v 43. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024517.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AE4709AECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search