Salur Kazan- Turkic HeroHero"Lord of the Outer Oghuz"
Also known as: Kazan Beg, Kazan Alp, Salur Qazan, and Qazan
Description
His camp plundered, his wife and son taken captive, Salur Kazan rides alone against the raiders. Horse frothing, sword rising and falling, he cuts through the infidel host until his family stands free. The Book of Dede Korkut tells his tales more than any other hero's.
Mythology & Lore
The Plunder of the House
Kazan leaves his camp to hunt. While he is gone, infidel raiders strike. They take his wife Burla Hatun, his son Uruz, and every soul in the household. The tents stand empty. The cook-fires go cold.
Kazan does not wait for allies. He does not send word to Bayındır Khan, the paramount lord of the Oghuz, though Bayındır is his overlord and would owe him aid. He mounts and rides alone into enemy territory. The Book of Dede Korkut tells what follows in the Oghuz bards' own voice: Kazan cuts through the raider host until the captives stand free and the household is restored.
The pattern recurs across the tales that bear his name. His son Uruz is captured on his first campaign. Kazan rides out. Kazan himself is taken prisoner and endures humiliation rather than submit. In every tale the crisis comes the same way: something of Kazan's is threatened, and he answers with his sword. He is lord of the Outer Oghuz, second only to Bayındır Khan, and nothing that belongs to him stays taken for long.
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