Mirfatyh Zakievich Zakiev (; , Mirfatñyx Zäki ulñ Zäkiyev; 14 August 1928 â 18 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian Turkologist of Tatar origin.
Education and career
Mirfatyh held a doctorate, and served in a number of higher schools and institutes as a rector, director and department head (KGPI 1967âÂÂ1986, IJALI 1986âÂÂ1997).
A full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Tatarstan Republic, he was an ex-chairman of the Republican Parliament in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and had also headed the Scientific Commission of the Education Ministry of the Russian Federation for the philological sciences.
Reception
For Zakiev's fundamental research in syntactic architecture of the Tatar language, academician B.A. Serebrennikov had commented: "This is the first most full and logically faultless monograph about the syntax of the Türkic languages".
Zakiev claimed that "proto-Turkish is the starting point of the Indo-European languages", that Sumerian, Ancient Greek, Icelandic, Etruscan and Minoan are languages of Turkic origin, and that the Sumerians, Scythians and Sarmatians were of Turkic origin. These views are generally rejected by the vast majority of scholars (see Pseudo-Turkology) and he had been frequently described as an "alternative historian" and a "militant amateur".
Death
Mirfatyh Zakiev died on 18 August 2023, at the age of 95.
Main publications
- "Hezerge Tatar edebi tele, Syntax", Kazan, 1958, in Tatar ("ÃÂ¥ÃÂ÷õÃÂóõ ÃÂðÃÂðàÃÂôÃÂñø ÃÂõûõ. áøýÃÂðúÃÂøÃÂ", ÃÂð÷ðý, 1958)
- "Syntactic structure of the Tatar language", Kazan, 1963, in Russian ("áøýÃÂðúÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøù ÃÂÃÂÃÂþù ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúþóþ ÃÂ÷ÃÂúð", ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1963)
- School textbooks on Tatar language for upper grades of Tatar schools, republished from 1964 on. (èúþûÃÂýÃÂõ ÃÂÃÂõñýøúø ÿþ ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúþüàÃÂ÷ÃÂúàôûà8,9,10,11 úûðÃÂÃÂþò ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
ÃÂúþû, ýðÃÂøýðàà1964 óþôð ÿþ ýðÃÂÃÂ. òÃÂõüàòÃÂôõÃÂöðûø ÿþ ýõÃÂúþûÃÂúàø÷ôðýøù)
- "Tatar halky telenen barlykka kilüe", Kazan, 1977 ("âðÃÂðàÃÂ
ðûúàÃÂõûõýõã ñðÃÂûÃÂúúð úøûïõ", ÃÂð÷ðý, 1977, in Tatar). Examination of the Bulgarian Middle Age epitaphs found that contrary to the sanctioned doctrine, the first epitaph style belonged to the Bulgars of various local Turkic-speaking tribes which later developed into Tatar people, and the second epitaph style belonged to the Moslem Chuvashes who were assimilating Bulgarian language (ÃÂ÷ÃÂÃÂõýøõ ñÃÂûóðÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
ÃÂõÃÂôýõòõúþòÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÿøÃÂðÃÂøù ÿþúð÷ðûþ ÃÂÃÂþ òþÿÃÂõúø ÃÂðýúÃÂøþýøÃÂþòðýýþù ôþúÃÂÃÂøýõ, ÿõÃÂòÃÂù ÃÂÃÂøûàÃÂÿøÃÂðÃÂøù ÿÃÂøýðôûõöðû ñÃÂûóðÃÂðü ÃÂð÷ûøÃÂýÃÂÃÂ
üõÃÂÃÂýÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂÃÂúþ-óþòþÃÂÃÂÃÂøÃÂ
ÿûõüõý, úþÃÂþÃÂÃÂõ ÿþ÷öõ ÃÂð÷òøûøÃÂàò ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúøù ýðÃÂþô, ð òÃÂþÃÂþù ÃÂÃÂøûàÃÂÿøÃÂðÃÂøù ÿÃÂøýðôûõöðû ÃÂÃÂòðÃÂðü-üÃÂÃÂÃÂûÃÂüðýðü ðÃÂÃÂøüøûøÃÂþòðòÃÂøü ñÃÂûóðÃÂÃÂúøù ÃÂ÷ÃÂú)
- "Volga Bulgars and their descendants", co-author Ya.F.Kuzmin-Yumanadi, Kazan, 1993, in Russian ("ÃÂþûöÃÂúøõ ñÃÂûóðÃÂàø øÃÂ
ÿþÃÂþüúø", ÃÂþðòÃÂ. ï.ä.ÃÂÃÂ÷ÃÂüøý-îüðýðôø, ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1993, in Russian). Study established that Tatars are descendants of Bulgars, instead of Chuvashes, postulated by the sanctioned doctrine (ÃÂ÷ÃÂÃÂõýøõ ôþúð÷ÃÂòðõàÃÂÃÂþ ÿþÃÂþüúðüø ñÃÂûóðàÃÂòûÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂ, ð ýõ ÃÂÃÂòðÃÂø, úðú ÃÂÃÂþ þÃÂøñþÃÂýþ ÃÂÃÂòõÃÂöôðõÃÂÃÂàò ÃÂðýúÃÂøþýøÃÂþòðýýþù ôþúÃÂÃÂøýõ).
- "Problems of language and origin of Volga Tatars", Kazan, 1986, in Russian ("ÃÂÃÂþñûõüàÃÂ÷ÃÂúð ø ÿÃÂþøÃÂÃÂ
þöôõýøàòþûöÃÂúøÃÂ
ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ", ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1986)
- "Tatars: Problems of a history and language", Kazan, 1995, in Russian ("âðÃÂðÃÂÃÂ: ÃÂÃÂþñûõüàøÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø ø ÃÂ÷ÃÂúð", ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1995)
- "Tatar grammar, Vol 3, Syntax", Kazan, 1992 and 1995 in Russian, Moscow â Kazan, 1999 in Tatar ("âðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúðàóÃÂðüüðÃÂøúð, âþü 3, áøýÃÂðúÃÂøÃÂ". ÃÂ÷ôðýøàýð ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúþü: ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1992 ø 1995. ÃÂ÷ôðýøõ ýð ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúþü: â ÃÂþÃÂúòð-ÃÂð÷ðýÃÂ, 1999)
- "Törki-Tatar ethnogenesis", Moscow-Kazan, 1998, in Tatar. ("âéÃÂúø-ÃÂðÃÂðàÃÂÃÂýþóõýõ÷ÃÂ", ÃÂÃÂÃÂúÃÂü-ÃÂð÷ðý, 1998) Study discredits the sanctioned doctrine of Mongolo-Tatar origin of the modern Tatars. (àúýøóõ ÃÂðÃÂúÃÂÃÂÃÂàôÃÂõòýøõ üõÃÂÃÂýÃÂõ ÃÂÃÂýøÃÂõÃÂúøõ úþÃÂýø ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ. ÃÂð þÃÂýþòõ ø÷ÃÂÃÂõýøàøüõÃÂÃÂøÃÂ
ÃÂàòÃÂõòþ÷üþöýÃÂÃÂ
øÃÂÃÂþÃÂýøúþò ôþúð÷ÃÂòðõÃÂÃÂàýõÃÂþÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂõûÃÂýþÃÂÃÂàüýõýøàþ üþýóþûþ-ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂÃÂúþü ÿÃÂþøÃÂÃÂ
þöôõýøø ÃÂþòÃÂõüõýýÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ.)
- "Origin of Türks and Tatars", Moscow, 2003, in Russian ("ÃÂÃÂþøÃÂÃÂ
þöôõýøõ ÃÂÃÂÃÂúþò ø ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ, ÃÂþÃÂúòð, 2003). Study of local ethnic roots of Türks and Tatars discredits the sanctioned doctrine of Türkic late migration in 4th-6th centuries AD from Altai to Central and Middle Asia, Near East, Asia Minor, Western Siberia, Ural-Itil region, Caucasus and Balkans; and migration of Tatar-Bulgar ancestors to Ural-Itil region in 7th century AD from N.Pontic. (ÃÂÿõÃÂòÃÂõ ø÷ûðóðõÃÂÃÂàýðÃÂÃÂýðàÃÂþÃÂúð ÷ÃÂõýøàþ üõÃÂÃÂýÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂýøÃÂõÃÂúøÃÂ
úþÃÂýÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂÃÂúþò ø ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ, ôþúð÷ÃÂòðõÃÂÃÂàýõÃÂþÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂõûÃÂýþÃÂÃÂàüýõýøàþ ÿÃÂøÃÂ
þôõ ÃÂÃÂÃÂúþò ûøÃÂàò 4-6 òò. ý.ÃÂ. ø÷ ÃÂûÃÂðàò æõýÃÂÃÂðûÃÂýÃÂÃÂ, áÃÂõôýÃÂÃÂ, ÃÂõÃÂõôýÃÂÃÂ, ÃÂðûÃÂàÃÂ÷øÃÂ, ÃÂðÿðôýÃÂàáøñøÃÂÃÂ, ãÃÂðûþ-ÃÂþòþûöÃÂõ, ýð ÃÂðòúð÷ ø ÃÂðûúðýÃÂ; þ ÿÃÂøÃÂ
þôõ ÿÃÂõôúþòÃÂðÃÂðÃÂ-ñÃÂûóðàò ãÃÂðûþ-ÃÂþòþûöÃÂõ ûøÃÂàò 7 ò. ý.ÃÂ. ÃÂúþñàø÷ áõòõÃÂýþóþ ÃÂÃÂøÃÂõÃÂýþüþÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
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