Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MILLI FOLKLOR, cilt.134, sa.134, ss.39-49, 2022 (AHCI)
Death is an inevitable end that is accepted in all societies and cultures. While the feeling of joy and happiness is experienced in the birth event that takes place in all living beings, the feeling of sadness called "mourning" occurs in the event of death. The inevitable death, which is one of the events that deeply affected all societies and cultures in history, led to the formation of some rituals over time. When it comes to these rituals that occur after death, the first comes the mourning and mourning traditions performed during the funeral and funeral ceremony. Although the traditions of the funeral ceremony differ according to many cultures, it has a universal feature, as it expresses respect for death in essence. In all societies, sincere reactions, cries and complaints after death have also led to the emergence of compulsory mourning symbols. Mourning after death varies according to the mentality of societies and the religion they believe. Immediately after death, there are some rituals that must be performed. There are some procedures to be done before and after burial in funeral ceremonies and mourning customs that differ from culture to culture. After the preburial procedures of the deceased take place, the preparation for the post-burial takes place, and then the mourning period begins. Immediately after the collapse of the Chagatay State, Timur in Samarkand established the Timurids state consisting of a mixture of Turkish-Mongolian elements. There are traces of the integration of the old Turkish belief and life style with the Islamic belief in the Timurids formed around the Bozkir. One of these traces is death. As in other societies, death is the leading event that deeply affects the Timurid people. The deaths of the great statesmen and heroes in the Timurids deeply affected the society and drowned the mourning. That is why statesmen and heroes were buried with ceremonies. The bases of mourning in the Timurids are based on shamanism and its history goes back to the Huns. In the period of mourning after death in the Timurids, as in other Turkic communities, people lost their loved ones and the pain of separation caused by the fact that they will not be able to see him again, a turban that they put forward in the form of stealing the turban, disemboweling, turning into black, lamenting (crying), beating and giving food for the dead they performed team rituals. In the Timurids, as in other Turkic states, during and after the funeral ceremony, words (laments) expressing sadness were used to pay the debt of gratitude and gratitude to the dead. This term, which we call lamentation, is among the most important funeral motifs in the Timurids, a Turkic state. Although it is forbidden to wail and dismember after death in Islam, it has been a common mourning element in all Turkic societies. In the Turkic states established in Anatolia and Central Asia, the tradition of mourning after death is still lamented by shouting the merits of the deceased. In our study, the mourning after death has been emphasized. The Timurids performed their death and post-death rituals according to the rules of Islam as well as the Old Turkic and Mongolian traditions.