Oguzname is the name of several historical books about the legends of the

Turkic peoples The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members speak languages belonging t ...

. It is a composite word where Oğuz refers to

Oghuz Khagan Oghuz Khagan or Oghuz Khan ( tk, Oguz Han or Oguz Kagan ; tr, Oğuz Kağan or Oğuz Han; Azerbaijani: Oğuz Xan or Oğuz Xaqan) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks. Some Turkic cultures use the le ...

, the legendary king of the Turkic peoples and ''name'' means the story. According to the Islam encyclopaedia the number of Oğuznames may be as high as 30. Book of Dede Korkut and

Selçukname ''Selçukname'' is an informal term used for any of a number of medieval chronicles about Seljuk history written by different authors, mostly in Persian. It is also used for the 15th century Ottoman chronicle '' Tevârih-i Âl-i Selçuk'' (''Hi ...

are among these.

Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh

One of the most important Oğuznames is ''Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh'' by

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb ( fa, رشیدالدین طبیب;‎ 1247–1318; also known as Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍlullāh Hamadānī, fa, links=no, رشیدالدین فضل‌الله همدانی) was a statesman, historian and physician in Ilk ...

: According to Ümit Hassan the legends can be classified under five sections;Ümit Hssan: ''Türkiye tarihi cilt 1'' p.332 *Oghuz Khagan *

Yabghu Yabghu ( otk, 𐰖𐰉𐰍𐰆, yabγu,Entrabγu">"𐰖𐰉𐰍𐰆_[yabγuйабғұ"in_"Ethno-Cultural_Dictionary"_''Türik_Bitig''_),_also_rendered_as_Jabgu,_Djabgu_or_Yabgu,_was_a_state_office_in_the_early_Turkic_peoples.html" ;"title="abγuй ...

s of Oghuz people *Kara Khagan and Bugra Khagan *Shah Malik and Seljuks *Some Turkic families

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