The Turks in the anthroponymical database might have had Arabic Muslim, Persian, Turkic, and Mongol names. While the Arabic and Persian names are relatively easily recognisable, the identification of Turkic and Mongol ones presents difficulties caused by the obscurities of the ethnolinguistic history of the Turks of the region. Continue reading “Turkic anthroponymical nomenclature through Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) sources”
Oriental names in the Late Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) World
The West Byzantine lands
The 350 Oriental names for the west Byzantine lands can be divided by geographical criteria, thereby indicating the major areas of “Oriental” presence. Continue reading “Oriental names in the Late Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) World”
Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) patterns of naming
The anthroponymical database contains three types of names: baptismal name, byname or sobriquet, and surname which could have been a simple or composite patronymic derived from either father’s or mother’s family name or from both. Continue reading “Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) patterns of naming”