In:
Письменные памятники Востока, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 1 ( 2022-01-15), p. 33-51
Abstract:
This article presents a document dated from the 1730s and housed at the Indian Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which contains a translation of the Lords Prayer (Pater Noster) into Multani (Saraiki). The document is addressed to Anna Ioannovna, hence its dating to the time of that empresss reign. The authors of the article managed to establish that the document had been compiled by the outstanding explorer of Siberia D.G. Messerschmidt, while the translation of the prayer into Multani had been made for him by one of the Astrakhan Indians, a certain Sung(h)ara (Petr Ivanov after baptism). Among D.G. Messerschmidts documents housed at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a series of drafts were found, testifying to his work on this manuscript. It can be assumed that, by means of this document, both Messerschmidt and Sung(h)ara tried to attract the attention of the Empress and enlist her support, each pursuing his own goals.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1811-8062
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3092622-1
SSG:
7,41
SSG:
6,23
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