Последний правитель государства атабеков Азербайджана в арабо-персидских источниках

История, археология и этнография Кавказа. 2018. Т. 14. № 4. С. 13–19.

Timokhin D. M.

This article focuses on the last atabek of Azerbaijan Muzaffar ad-Din Uzbek, the history of whose reign, despite the existing studies, requires further study. In this article, we would like to consider changing the description of the life and reign of this historical figure, trace the folding of his image in the Arab-Persian historical sources from different eras. In the end, I wanted to compare the image that was formed by medieval historians, with the descriptions that contain modern research. All this will allow to better understand the transformation of the image of the last ruler of the state of atabeks of Azerbaijan. Another important task of this article is to analyze the evolution of the image of Muzaffar al-Din Uzbek in medieval historical sources and highlight the reasons why in a particular monument he is presented as a negative character or his personality, on the contrary, is subjected to "heroization". Such an analysis of information from historical sources is impossible without an analysis of the historical context within which this or that text was formed. Finally, this kind of historical deconstruction will allow us to answer not only the question in connection with which this or that image of this historical figure was constructed but also to give an objective assessment of the life and work of the last ruler of the state of atabeks of Azerbaijan. We hope that this study will be useful not only for specialists in the history of the South Caucasus of the Mongol invasion but also interesting to a wide range of readers interested in the medieval history of the region.

Keywords: Южный Кавказ, арабо-персидские источники, Southern Caucasus, the Arab-Persian sources, Jalal ad-Din Mankburny, хорезмшах Джалал ад-Дин Манкбурны