Epokha klassicheskogo islama na Kavkaze. Abu Bakr ad-Darbandi i ego sufiĭskai︠a︡ ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ "Raĭkhan al-khaka'ik" (XI - XII vv.)
Année de publication
2003
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illustrations; maps
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1500 exemplaires
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The present book is based on the significant and still unpublished Arabic source "Rayhan al-Haqa'iq wa-Bustan ad-Daqa'iq" ("The Basil of Truths and the Garden of Subtleties"), the most important source on classical Islam in the Caucasus. The analysis of ad-Darbandi's work throws new light upon intellectual and spiritual life in the Caucasus in the XIth - XIIth centuries. To revise some historical data and certain names of people and places, the author turned to manuscripts of local chronicles making it possible to reveal facts concerning the ethnic and religious history of the Caucasian peoples, including their relations with the Huns, Avars, Khazars, Iranians, Arabs, etc. The historical part of the research includes new data on the Caucasian Caliphate frontier system, traced back to the Sassanid period and known as Darpush. The book also contains medieval Arabic inscriptions discovered by the author himself during his expeditions to the region.
