Atabek or atabey (atabey, atabeg, atabay, atabek - see atabek , a compositum of two Turkic words “ata” - father and “bei”, or “bek” - leader; Turk. , Literally: “father-ruler” [1 ] [2] [3] [4] [5] ; a high Seljuk title, meaning “ regent ” in semantic meaning ) - the owners of the small states that made up the Seljuk monarchy in the 11th – 12th centuries.
Atabeks were called educators of the Seljuk Sultan, after the accession of the pupil became regents. At the same time, the atabek was supposed to have an inheritance, as a result of which the atabeks eventually turned into independent princes [6] .
Title Great Atabek ( Atabegan-e Azam ) from the middle of the XII century. hereditarily assigned to the dynasty of Ildehyzids , or Atabeks of Azerbaijan, which was founded by Shamseddin Ildegiz (Kipchak ( Polovtsian ) by origin, former ghoul). The great Atabeks ruled over most of Iranian Azerbaijan (except Merage ), Arran and Persian Iraq in 1136 / 1145-1225 . [7] [8] . With the weakening of the Seljuk power , independent states began to emerge within its borders, one of which was the State of the Ildehyzids , who bore the title of “Great Atabeks”.
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- ↑ Atabeg (English) // Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - 2016-03-01.
- ↑ Azet.sk, as Preklad „atabeg [also atabek [hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin]“ do slovenčiny - Slovnik.sk] . slovnik.azet.sk. Date of treatment June 13, 2016.
- ↑ atabek - Wiktionary . en.wiktionary.org. Date of treatment June 13, 2016.
- ↑ atabey - Vikisözlük . tr.wiktionary.org. Date of treatment June 13, 2016.
- ↑ dict.cc | atabeg% 5Balso atabek% 5D% 5Bhereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin% 5D | Wörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch . www.dict.cc. Date of treatment June 13, 2016.
- ↑ Atabek - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Columbia University Press. pp. 199-200Original textThe Elgiguzids or Ildegizds were a Turkish Atabeg dynasty who controlled most of Azerbaijan (apart from the region of Maragha held by another Atabeg line, the Ahamadilis), Arran and northern Jibal during the second half the twelfth century when the Great Seljuq Sultane of Western Persia and Iraq was in full decay and unable to prevent the growth of virtually independent powers in the province [...] Eldiguz (Arabic-Persian sources write 'yldkz) was originally a Qipchaq military slave [...] The historical significance of these Atabegs thus lies in their firm control over most of north-western Persia during the later Seljuq periodand also their role in Transcaucasia as champions of Islamagainst the resurgent Bagtarid Kings [...] In their last phase, the Eldiguzids were once more local rulers in Azerbaijan and eastern Transcaucasia, hard pressed by the aggressive Georgians, and they did not survive the troubled decades of the thirteenth century
- ↑ Atabek // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.