Dwa tatarskie testamenty wojskowych z pierwszej połowy XVIII wieku
Two Tatar Servicemen’s Last Wills of the First Half of the Eighteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The last wills of Tatar servicemen of the first half of the eighteenth century are valuable primary sources for research into the Tatar community in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The texts were pragmatic, paying attention mainly to the ordering of hereditary and family issues. Furthermore, Michał Olejowski and Mucharem Ulan Lostajski, whose last wills are published, took care of the salvation of their souls and disposed a certain amount of money for that purpose. The texts of these testaments do not contain a large number of devotional formulas like the last wills of the Catholic nobility. However, they also have an invocation and an arenga which make them resemble Christian documents. These primary sources are also valuable due to the information they contain about the testators, their companions, patrons and relatives.

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