EPITAPH OF AN UIGHUR PRINCE FOUND IN XI’AN
Toshio Hayashı
Keywords: Uyghurs, Yaghlaqar clan, Xi’an, Prince Qarï Čor
Abstract
During a symposium held in April 2013 in Beijing, an epitaph written with Chinese and Old Turkic characters found in Xi'an, ancient capital of China, was presented and interpreted. In this short bilingual epitaph, the grief due to the death of a young Uyghur prince who died of disease is stated. The Chinese part of the epitaph is longer than the Uyghur part. There are the English translation of the Chinese part and the transcription, transliteration and English translation of the Old Turkic part of the epitaph in the short text in the appendix. Besides, the presumptive genealogical tree of the prince's family is included