“Sheikh” and “mugallim-ustad”: letters from Ismail Gasprinsky to Alexander Samoylovich
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-3-513-537
Abstract
The article deals with two letters written in 1912-1913 by I. Gasprinsky, who was an intellectual leader of a Muslim Movement in the Russian Empire. They both were addressed to A.N. Samoylovich, an orientalist and a specialist in Turkic Philology and later an academician. The publication is provided with an archeographic reference. The authors of the publication implement source study of the letters and comment on the most important questions raised by I.Gasprinsky in his correspondence with A.N. Samoylovich.
About the Authors
I. V. ZaytsevRussian Federation
Ilya V. Zaytsev - PhD (History), Institute of Oriental Studies, Senior Research Fellow, RAS.
MoscowT. V. Kotyukova
Russian Federation
Tatiana V. Kotyukova - Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World History, RAS; Institute of Scientifi c Information on Social Sciences RAS.
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Zaytsev I.V., Kotyukova T.V. “Sheikh” and “mugallim-ustad”: letters from Ismail Gasprinsky to Alexander Samoylovich. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2020;13(3):513-537. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-3-513-537