Ötemish Hajji (''Ötemiş Hacı'', fl. 1550) was a historian of
Khwarezm
Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ...
, author of ''Tarikh-i Dost Sultan'' (named for Dost Sultan, son of Bujugha khan, who briefly ruled the
Khanate of Khiva
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in 1557-1558, apparently the patron of the work), a narrative account of the history of the
Ulus of Jochi, including the conversion of
Uzbeg Khan, leader of the
Golden Horde, to
Islam
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in the early 14th century.
The work survives only in a single complete manuscript, formerly owned by Turkologist and Bashkir nationalist
Zeki Velidi Togan (d. 1970). It has not been edited, and scholarly discussion is limited to Togan's own publications, and publications such scholars as have consulted the manuscript in Togan's library.
References
*Uli Schamiloglu
The Umdet ul-ahbar and the Turkic Narrative Sources for the Golden Hordeand the Later Golden Horde in H. B. Paksoy (ed.), ''Central Asian Monuments'', 1992, {{ISBN, 975-428-033-9.
*Z. V. Togan, ''Turkistan Tarihi'', Istanbul, 1947.
16th-century books
Iranian books