ИЗ ХРОНИК В ИСТОРИОГРАФИЮ. Исторические сочинения мусульман России конца XIX – первой половины ХХ в.

ООО "Садра", 2026.

Ахмадуллин С. З., Bessmertnaya O., Bobrovnikov V., Васильев А. Д., Шихалиев Ш. Ш., Наврузов А. Р.

The development of national Muslim historiography in the context of inter-imperial knowledge transfers during the era of nation-state formation on the ruins of colonial empires has not been sufficiently studied. Meanwhile, it touches upon topics that are key for historians today, such as empire and nation-building, the hybridisation of Muslim historiography, and the subjectivity of historical knowledge. Based on the historical writings of Russian and Ottoman-Turkish ulemas Murad Ramzi (1854–1934), Ali Kayaev (al-Gumuki, 1878–1943), Jamal ad-Din Karabudakhkentsky (al-Garabudagi, 1858–1947) and Yusuf Akchura (1876–1935), as well as an anonymous publicist who wrote in the Russian press at the end of the 19th century under various pseudonyms, in particular as Murza Alim, the authors of the collective monograph traced how modern historical narratives of the former Muslim outskirts of the Russian and Ottoman empires developed and changed, what their similarities and differences were, and what contribution Islamic reformists-Jadids (to whom Kayayev and Akchura undoubtedly belong among these ulema-historians) made to the formation of national historiographies of the Caucasus, the Volga region, and the former Ottoman Empire, including the popularisation of national history in Muslim periodicals. The book contains historical writings by prominent Russian ulemas from the 1880s to the first half of the 20th century, published in the original with commentary and an introduction. It will be of interest to Orientalists, students and postgraduates of Oriental studies universities and a wide range of readers in general, and can also be used in teaching.

Chapters

ИЗ ХРОНИК В ИСТОРИОГРАФИЮ. ВВЕДЕНИЕ

Bobrovnikov V., Ахмадуллин С. З., Bessmertnaya O. et al., В кн.: ИЗ ХРОНИК В ИСТОРИОГРАФИЮ. Исторические сочинения мусульман России конца XIX – первой половины ХХ в.: ООО "Садра", 2026. Гл. 1 С. 5–28.

Во Введении определяются основные концептуальные позиции авторов, затрагивающие, в частности, дискуссию  в историографии об исламском реформизме и джадидизме, указываются "белые пятна" в сегодняшнем состоянии историографии мусульманских сообществ в Российской и Османской империях, к которым относится изучение историописания мусульман в контексте модерного исламского реформизма, определяются термины: обоснован, в частности, отказ от термина "рефоматорство" в пользу "реформизм"), предложен обзор ...

Added: February 15, 2026

Мурза Алим: проблемы идентификации, концепция истории и культурные ориентиры раннего русскоязычного мусульманского модернизма в поздней Российской империи

Bessmertnaya O., В кн.: ИЗ ХРОНИК В ИСТОРИОГРАФИЮ. Исторические сочинения мусульман России конца XIX – первой половины ХХ в.: ООО "Садра", 2026. Гл. 5 С. 460–541.

This chapter analyses the key narrative describing the history of Islam by Muslim authors who wrote in Russian in the 1880s, addressing the public sphere of the Russian Empire: I. Gasprinsky, A. Bayazitov, and an unknown author hiding under the pseudonym "Murza Alim." The latter's narrative, considered in the general context of the reformist Muslim ...

Added: February 16, 2026

Keywords: историография, историописание, historiography, хроника, ислам в истории России, the writing of history, джадидизм, jadidism, chronicle, исламский реформизм, Islamic reformism, Islam in Russian history

Publication based on the results of: From Antiquity to Modernity: Epistemology of the Development of Spiritual and Material Cultures in Non-Western Societies (2025)