Oghuz

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/8199

A group

Names

  • Arabic: الغز = al-Ghuzz 1
  • Arabic: الغزية = al-Ghuzziyya 2
  • Greek: Ὀγουζίων, Ὀγουζίοις, Ὀγουζίους = Ogouziōn, Ogouziois, Ogouzious 3
  • Hebrew: גוז = GWZ 4
  • Hebrew: בני גוץ = BNY GWṢ 5

Attributes

  • Group

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.1-2 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.3 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela4-5 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (2) 23، 358 (3) 154، 264، 307، 382، 442 (4) 4 (5) 39، 44، 332 [Arabic].
  • 2Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 22، 88، 342، 351 (2) 24-25، 348، 477 (3) 128، 292، 391 (5) 46، 242 [Arabic].
  • 3Oğuz: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.11, 12, 13, 23 [Greek with English translation].
  • 4Ghuzz: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 57 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 5sons of Ghuz: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 86 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Josh Kuch, and Liran Yadgar, “Oghuz” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/8199.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; gender assignment, matching, and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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