5 10 510 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank Guards rotmistr Year of Inscription 1838 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher). Birth Date 1794 Family & Background Sefirsha (44) was married to the daughter of Sali Bey Bakhty Sultan. They had a 4-year-old son. Service Record Sefirsha joined the Crimean Tatar Squadron as cornet in July 1827. He rose to lieutenant in December 1829 and shtabs-rotmistr in January 1832. He earned a silver medal in the Turkish campaign, was at Varna, and retired in 1833. Residence & Property Resided in Simferopol uezd, where he owned 2,800 desiatinas, orchards, and 232 desiatinas of forest. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sefirsha Murza Shirinskij Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry elite clan forests landowner orchards Simferopol uezd women Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank Shtabs-rotmistr Year of Inscription 1835 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service). Birth Date 1810 Family & Background Emin Bey was 25 years old. Service Record Emin-Bey served as junker of the Life Guard (October 1832) in the Crimean Tatar squadron. Rose to lieutenant and left service in 1835. Residence & Property Resided in Bakhchesarai. He did not own peasants but owned 5,500 desiatinas across Simferopol, Evpatoriia, and Perekop uezdy together with brothers plus an orchard and 2 water mills outright. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emin-Bey Taschi-oglu Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry Evpatoriia uezd landowner orchards Perekop uezd Simferopol uezd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank Khorunzhij (standard-bearer, retired) Year of Inscription 1835 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service). Birth Date 1787 Family & Background 48-years-old, married, no (male) children. Claimed to be of a Tatar princely clan. Service Record Memet joined the Simferopol Tatar Horse Regiment in September 1810 as a "young uriadnik". Rose thanks to outstanding actions along the cordon in the summer of 1812. Badly wounded in the left leg above the knee. Residence & Property Memet resided in Evpatoriia, where he owned some 2,000 desiatinas. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memet Bey Teketov Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry Evpatoriia uezd landowner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank [Father held rank of Lieutenant and Titular Councillor.] Year of Inscription 1832 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service). Birth Date 1783 Family & Background Osman (49) was married but had no children at the time of inscription. He and his brother were the sons of the late Abdulla Chelebi, who served as a lieutenant in the Crimean Beshlej Division. When the division was liquidated, Abdulla attained the rank of Titular Councillor. Service Record Osman served in the chancellery of Governor Dmitrij Mertvago in 1807. He attained the rank of 14th class in 1808 in recognition of his work forming the Tatar regiments and transferred to the bureau of the Karasubazar city police on 31 December 1811, where he rose from provincial secretery to Titular Councillor in December 1817. He was discharged from service due to illness in May 1822. Memisha held military rank. Residence & Property Osman resided in Karasubazar, Simferopol uezd, where he owned settled villages covering some 8,000 desiatinas. He owned an additional 3,000 desiatinas in Feodosiia uezd. He was the owner of two houses, two orchards, two khans, and two lavki in the city of Karasubazar. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Osman Chelebij and brother, Second Lieutenant Memisha Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry Feodosiia uezd Karasubazar landowner lateral kinship orchards Simferopol uezd vertical kinship Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Many Lives of Mirzas Description An account of the resource This collection contains biographical sketches of the 39 members of the Crimean Tatar elite who were registered as members of the nobility of Tavrida Province and whose noble status was recognized by the imperial government in St. Petersburg.  Official recognition of noble status came via approval of the Heraldry Office and subsequent inscription in the noble register (rodoslovnaia kniga / родословная книга) of any given province of the empire. The <a href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/312" target="_blank">Tavrida noble register</a> was compiled on an annual basis starting in 1804 by the provincial noble assembly. Between 1804 and 1853 there were 660 entries, only 39 of which described Crimean Tatars. The 39 entries, all of which are presented here, dealt with a total of 51 Crimean Tatar nobles (brothers and cousins often petitioned together for inclusion in the noble register), along with their families. Though they do little more than scratch the surface of Crimean Tatar (elite) life under Russian rule, they provide compelling evidence of the ways in which kinship and service could be converted into enhanced social status. A few notes before you dig in: All names are transliterated from Russian, which was the language of the noble registers. This accounts for the odd spellings of Tatar and Turkic names. Each entry is a highly structured text, its format standardized across all the provinces of the Russian Empire. That structure is reflected in the way the information within each entry is presented here. As you move through this collection, pay attention to clan names, variations in title (murza, bey, aga), family structure (particularly the importance of lateral kinship), and the dramatic variation in service records and landownership. In order to get a full sense of the connections among individuals, 1) use the "Item Relations" (at the end of each entry), which mark kinship relations and connections to key archival sources that might remain opaque when going the material Item-by-Item; and 2), surf the tags! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly O'Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite limited to Crimean Tatars Rank [Father held rank of Lieutenant] Year of Inscription 1850 Inscription Note Display Description Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher). Family & Background [no notation] Service Record [no notation] Residence & Property [no notation] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kutlu Giray Mirza and Isliam Mirza Mamay-Beevykh Subject The topic of the resource Tavrida noble register entry lateral kinship Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Core Description An account of the resource The fondy and delo from which the documentary core of the project are drawn. The archival materials were accessed over the course of a series of visits to Russia and Ukraine between 2003 and 2011. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data archival document Archive or Repository Russian State Historical Archive Location within Archive/Repository RGIA f. 1343, op. 51, delo 664 Date Accessed month year November 2003 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lists of the Nobles of Tavrida Province Description An account of the resource Contents of this delo: <ul> <li>List of those confirmed as nobles by decree of the Governing Senate and by decree of the Heraldry Office, 1839-1841</li> <li>List of those confirmed as nobles by decree of the Governing Senate and by decree of the Heraldry Office, 1815-1841</li> <li>Report on the number of families confirmed in their noble status between 1841 and 1861 (compiled May 14, 1871</li> <li>Unresolved cases submitted to the Senate, 1857</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Imperial Senate, Department of Heraldry noble status Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annotations Description An account of the resource Collections of the annotations used to reflect upon, expand upon, contextualize, link, or question the content of the site. Each annotation is linked to the material that inspired it via Item Relations. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context annotations Annotation notes on Items, Pages, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource disappearing women Description An account of the resource Not only are women hard to find in the written record: often, just when you've found one, she slips out of view. Such is the case with Bakhty Sultan, daughter of Sali Bey [clan unknown], wife of Sefirşa Mirza Şirin, and mother to at least one son. We know this from <a title="read the entry" href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/282" target="_self">the noble register entry</a> of 1838. Seven years later she disappears - other deceased or simply left off the "list of confirmed nobles" that includes her husband and son. women Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annotations Description An account of the resource Collections of the annotations used to reflect upon, expand upon, contextualize, link, or question the content of the site. Each annotation is linked to the material that inspired it via Item Relations. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context annotations Annotation notes on Items, Pages, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource bane of the historian's existence Description An account of the resource The typographical error. <a title="go to the 1861 list of confirmed nobles" href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/1861list" target="_blank">Here</a> we find Abduraim Aga Khodzhaev on the list of confirmed nobles of Tavrida. It doesn't seem too much of a stretch to assume him to be one and the same as <a title="read the entry" href="http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/projects/crimeaproject/items/show/274" target="_self">Abduraman Aga Kodzhaev</a>, who was inscribed in the noble register in 1851. It would help if the noble register entry included his wife's name, which, according to the 1861 list, was Kutlu Sultan.  Ought I to attribute the source of my frustration to relatively benign clerical sloppiness or to the age-old politics of gender? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Core Description An account of the resource The fondy and delo from which the documentary core of the project are drawn. The archival materials were accessed over the course of a series of visits to Russia and Ukraine between 2003 and 2011. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data bound volumes Archive or Repository Russian State Historical Archive Location within Archive/Repository f. 1343, op. 51 Date Accessed month year September-December 2003 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tavrida Noble Register Родословнав книга Таврической губернии Description An account of the resource The noble assembly of each province was tasked with maintaining an official register of all resident nobles (as opposed to a register of all nobles who owned land in the province, which was another story altogether). The register (rodoslovnaia kniga) was updated annually, as individuals petitioned for inscription and were either confirmed as members or denied noble status by the assembly. This project draws on the noble registers produced in the years 1804 to 1853, 1804 being the first official register for Tavrida. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tavrida Noble Assembly Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804-1853 noble status social history Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Core Description An account of the resource The fondy and delo from which the documentary core of the project are drawn. The archival materials were accessed over the course of a series of visits to Russia and Ukraine between 2003 and 2011. Archival Record Group (фонд) Russian state archives are organized into fondy (фонды), or record groups. Record groups are then organized into one or more inventories (opisi, описи). Each fond, inventory, and document within the inventory, is assigned an identification code. Repository Russian State Historical Archive Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RGIA f. 1343, op. 51: Heraldry Department of the Imperial Senate Description An account of the resource Rodoslovnye knigi (noble registers) and inventories of individuals included in the dvorianstvo (nobility), 1683-1917 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Heraldry Department of the Imperial Senate Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1683-1917