«Заметки туриста» Ш.М. Ибрагимова как источник по истории и географии Туркестанского края

Письменные памятники Востока. 2022. Т. 19. № 2. С. 86–98.

Kozintcev M. A., Pochekaev R. Y.

The article presents the characteristic of the unfinished and unpublished work Travel Sketches: “A Tourist’s Notes” by Sh.M. Ibragimov (1841–1891), housed at the Archives of the Orientalists of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ф. 33. Оп. 1. Ед. хр. 225). The authors attempt to show the value of “A Tourist’s Notes” as a source on the history, historical geography and ethnography of the Turkestan Region. The text of the “Notes” also contains information about some aspects of Russian politics in Central Asia and its perception by the local population. It was prepared by a very competent, well-educated and very observant author, a member of the Russian imperial administration in Turkestan. At the same time, due to his ethnic background and religious affiliation, the author was close to the local population. The article describes Sh.M. Ibragimov as a statesman and Orientalist, analyzes his role in the history of Russian Turkestan and Russia’s relations with the Islamic world in general, as well as his contribution to the Russian Oriental studies.

Keywords: топонимика, Central Asian history, история Средней Азии, записки путешественников, Turkestan Region, Туркестанский край, Toponimics, Travelers’ notes, Central Asian geography, Central Asian ethnography, география Средней Азии, этнография Средней Азии