Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.: Uighur

Name Precedents: Uighur

Laurel:	Date: (year.month.date)	Precedent:
François la Flamme	2002.09	The submitter requested authenticity for "15th C Mongolian Uighur, from the time when the Mongols invaded Central Asia and conquered the Uighur." This name has significant problems. Özbeg was documented as the name of a Mongol clan that derived from the name of a ruler. Aghmighan was documented as an Uighur epithet meaning "yellow weasel". The practice of naming a child for the first thing seen by a mother after birth was documented as a Mongol naming practice. Therefore, the submittered Aghmighan applies Mongol naming practices to an Uighur name. No documentation was found that such a combination is plausible. However, there is a far greater problem with this name. No documentation was provided and none was found that the Uighur had contact with pre-17th C Western Europe. Lacking such evidence, Uighur falls afoul of the precedent: More important, significant interaction between Tibet and pre-seventeenth century Western culture has not been demonstrated. The Encyclop�dia Britannica dates the first visits to Tibet by Western missionaries to the 17th century, and the fact that the 8th century Tibetan kingdom had some contact with the Arab conquerors of Iran still leaves Tibetans at least two removes from Western Europe. (Talan Gwynek, LoAR November 1995, p. 16) Lacking evidence that the Uighur had contact with pre-17th C Western Europe, Uighur is "at least two removes from Western Europe" and so is not registerable. [Özbeg Aghmighan, 09/2002 LoAR, R-Caid]