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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974641403321

Titolo

Russian-Muslim confrontation in the Caucasus : alternative visions of the conflict between Imam Shamil and the Russians, 1830-1859 / / edited by Thomas Sanders, Ernest Tucker and Gary Hamburg ; with an extended commentary "War of Worlds" by Gary Hamburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-34212-8

1-134-34213-6

1-280-22412-6

9786610224128

0-203-34389-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East

Altri autori (Persone)

SandersThomas <1951->

TuckerErnest <1961->

HamburgGary M

TolstoyLeo, graf,  <1828-1910.>

QarahiMuhammad Tahir <d. 1882.>

Disciplina

947.5/073/088297

Soggetti

Dagestan (Russia) History 19th century

Dagestan (Russia) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; RUSSIAN-MUSLIM CONFRONTATION IN THE CAUCASUS: Alternative visions of the conflict between Imam Shamil and the Russians, 1830-1859; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; CHRONOLOGY; MAPS; INTRODUCTION; Part I INTRODUCTION; THE SHINING OF DAGHESTANI SWORDS IN CERTAIN CAMPAIGNS OF SHAMIL (SELECTED PASSAGES); Part II INTRODUCTION; HADJI MURAT; Part III WAR OF WORLDS; A COMMENTARY ON THE TWO TEXTS IN THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents two extraordinary texts - The Shining of Swords by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership of Leo



Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian army from 1830 to 1859. The authors offer a complete commentary on the various intellectual and religious contexts that shaped the two texts and explain the historical significance of the Russian-Muslim confrontation. It is shown that the mountain war was a clash of two cultures, two religious outlooks and two different worlds. The book provides an important background for the ongoing contest between Russia and indigenous people for control of the Caucasus.