Sheikh Shamil in the Arabic Literature of The Caucasia Cover Image

Kafkasya Arap Edebiyatında Şeyh Şamil
Sheikh Shamil in the Arabic Literature of The Caucasia

Author(s): Kamran Abdullayev
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Political history, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Caucasia; Sheikh Shamil; Arabic; Madîh (panegyric); Hija (lampoon);

Summary/Abstract: The opposition against the Russian occupants started by Ghazi Muhammed that called ghazavat or mouridism. With the ghazavat period the names who led this movement had to fight against some figures from the politics and science areas. Sheikh Shamil is one of these leaders that just not fighten against Russians, also struggled against his opponents in politics, literature and scientific areas. He established the Imamat state and made Arabic its offical language. Following it Arabic became language of science and literature. Approximately Imamat State of Sheikh Shamil took 30 years, in this period Muhammad Tahir el-Karahi, Murtaza Ali el-Uradi and Abdurrahman el-Gazikumuhi contributed to the Arabic literature. Works of the mentioned authers are on fiqih, history and rhetoric. After Sheikh Shamil, Hasan Alkadari joint this range.

  • Issue Year: 6/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-92
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish