ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ETHNONYM TAJIK
Part 8. Travel notes of European travelers of 19
th
– early 20
th
centuries:
Arminius Vamberi
Shamsiddin S. Kamoliddin
This article is the 8
th
part of a comprehensive study of the origin and use of the term
Tazik
/
Tajik /
Tadjik in historical sources.
In this part of his research,
devoted to the
information given in the travel notes of European travelers of the 19
th
– early 20
th
centuries about Arabs, Persians and the term
Tazik /
Tajik /
Tadjik, the author considers
the information of the Hungarian turkologist, linguist and polyglot Arminius Vamberi,
who, dressed as a dervish (mendicant Muslim preacher), in 1863
– 1864
traveled to
Central Asia under the name of Rashid Efendi.
Key
words:
Central Asia,
Uzbek Khanates, Bukhara, Khiva,
Samarqand, Kokand,
Kashgar, Balkh, European travelers, Arminius Vamberi.
