Salawat Abdrakhmanovich Gallyamov was a Russian linguist, researcher, supporter of the theory of the Turanian origin of the Bashkir people. Gallyamov, himself a Bashkir, used the shape of the 'bashkord' for the name of the people. He is known for his research in the field of the epics and myths of the peoples of Eurasia and the connections and linguistic parallels of the Bashkir language with some ancient and modern languages of the world.
Research activities
In 1998, for the first time in the history of science of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Gallyamov organized a conference in the Bashkir State University "Comparative Linguistics". Salawat Gallyamov was a defender of archaeological monuments in the territory of Bashkortostan. Since 2000 Salawat Gallyamov has collaborated with the Russian Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg and with some foreign scientists. Based on the hypothesis of the Turanian origin of the Bashkir people, which Gallyamov refers to as "Bashkord" in his works, and on the comparison of the Bashkir mythology with the ancient texts of the Indo-Iranians and the philosophical treatises of the ancient thinkers Salavat Gallyamov offers a reconstruction of the Bashkir mythology, philosophy and language.
Confirmations of Gallyamov's hypotheses
He pointed out the vestiges of Zoroastrian customs among the Bashkirs. In particular, the Zoroastrian custom of five-fold girdling in the epic "Ural-batir".
False evidence of hypotheses and shortcomings of Gallyamov's works
Tense and fictional ethnic kinship of the Kurds and Bashkirs, by comparing the ethnonyms "Kurd" and "Bashkort". Artificial ignoring about Altai and Ural ethnic substrates in the ethnogenesis of the Bashkirs. Racial prejudice S. Gallyamov in favor of the eurocentric approach in history, as a consequence of subjectivism in the works. Unwillingness and inability to work with references to other authors.
Interesting hypotheses of Gallyamov
Comparison of parallels between the history of Sumer and the epic "Ural batir"
Ur-Nammu is the ruler of the III Ur dynasty, the Urals is the main hero of the epic "Ural-batir".
Shulgi is the son of Ur-Nammu, Shulgan is the brother of the Ural.
Ur-Nammu, along with his people built to water canals, and the hero Ural along with his sons gave rise to rivers.
Ur-Nammu gave the code of laws, hero Ural leaves a body of laws.
Zarikum is the satrap of Shulgi, Zarkum is Shulgan's adviser.
Bursuen, Bur-Sin – son of Shulgi, grandson of Ur-Nammu, Burzyan – the name of the Bashkir tribe, where the epic "Ural-batir" was recorded.
Ria Kahkakha – the name of the Milky Way among the peoples of Mesopotamia, Kahkakha – the heavenly dragon, in the epic "Ural batir"
Mitanni is the name of the nationality and the country, in Northern Mesopotamia, Moyten – the descendants of Mitanni, the name of one of the Bashkir tribes.
Kuti – "people who own bulls", Katil – the king, in the epic "Ural-batir" possessing a bull.
