Author: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Seminar für Orientalische SprachenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oriental philology
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Mittheilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen an der Königlichen Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin
Author: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Seminar für Orientalische SprachenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oriental philology
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
For Prophet and Tsar
Author: Robert D. CrewsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674262859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia’s approach toward Islam once yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular “clash of civilizations” theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support. In the eighteenth century, Catherine the Great inaugurated a policy of religious toleration that made Islam an essential pillar of Orthodox Russia. For ensuing generations, tsars and their police forces supported official Muslim authorities willing to submit to imperial directions in exchange for defense against brands of Islam they deemed heretical and destabilizing. As a result, Russian officials assumed the powerful but often awkward role of arbitrator in disputes between Muslims. And just as the state became a presence in the local mosque, Muslims became inextricably integrated into the empire and shaped tsarist will in Muslim communities stretching from the Volga River to Central Asia. For Prophet and Tsar draws on police and court records, and Muslim petitions, denunciations, and clerical writings—not accessible prior to 1991—to unearth the fascinating relationship between an empire and its subjects. As America and Western Europe debate how best to secure the allegiances of their Muslim populations, Crews offers a unique and critical historical vantage point.
The Athenaeum
Author: Present Day Political Organization of China
Author: H.S. BrunnertPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135797943
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Originally published in 1910, this work presents a fascinating insight into the government and administration of the China of the day. The period was one of immense change as China's leaders turned the nation towards modernity. As student interpreters to the Imperial Russian Legation, the authors had privileged access to the corridors of power and found themselves very much at the heart of the republican ferment that gripped the country.
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Catalogues
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen an der Königlichen Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin (Classic Reprint)
Author: Eduard SachauPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390237818
Category : Fiction
Languages : de
Pages : 686
Book Description
Excerpt from Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen an der Königlichen Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin I. Ostasiatische Studien, unter der Redaction der Herren Pro fessor Arendt und Professor Dr. Lange, 11. Westasiatische Studien, unter der Redaction der Herren Dr. Fischer und Dr. Foy, III. Afrikanische Studien, unter der Redaction der Herren Velten Dr. Neuhaus und Dr. Lippert. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.