Russian-Muslim Confrontation in the Caucasus : Alternative Visions of the Conflict between Imam Shamil and the Russians, 1830-1859

ISBN-13: 9780415325905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str.

Thomas Sanders;Hamburg Gary; Thomas Sanders

Opis

This work presents two texts - The Shining of Swords by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian army from 1830 to 1859.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Note on Transliteration 1. Muhammad Tahir al-Qarakhi, The Shining of Daghestani Swords in Certain Campaigns of Shamil  2. Lev Tolstoi, Hadji Murat  3. War of Worlds

O autorze

Thomas Sanders is Associate Professor of Russian History at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Ernest Tucker is Associate Professor of Middle East History at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Gary Hamburg is Professor of Russian History, University of Notre Dame, US, specializing in the cultural and intellectual history of imperial Russia.