Ötemish Hajji (''Ötemiş Hacı'', fl. 1550) was a historian of
Khwarezm, author of ''Tarikh-i Dost Sultan'' (named for Dost Sultan, son of Bujugha khan, who briefly ruled the
Khanate of Khiva in 1557-1558, apparently the patron of the work), a narrative account of the history of the
Ulus of Jochi
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragmentat ...
, including the conversion of
Uzbeg Khan
The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak m ...
, leader of the
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...
, to
Islam in the early 14th century.
The work survives only in a single complete manuscript, formerly owned by Turkologist and Bashkir nationalist
Zeki Velidi Togan
Zeki Velidi Togan ( ba, Әхмәтзәки Әхмәтшаһ улы Вәлиди, Äxmätzäki Äxmätşah ulı Wälidi; russian: Ахмет-Заки Ахметшахович Валидов, tr, Ahmet Zeki Velidi Togan; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), ...
(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