ARTIFACTS WITH ARABIC SCRIPT IN THE COLLECTIONS OF KARATA, DIDOI AND BOTLIKH PEOPLES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2018-14-1-55-70
Abstract
The paper discusses Muslim education in Southwest Dagestan. The source base is provided by artifacts gathered in the years 19101911 by A. K. Serzhputovskiy. From his collections we have selected objects currently stored in the funds of Russian Museum of Ethnography. As indicated by Serzhputovskiy, the objects had been collected from Karata, Dido (Tsez) and Botlikh peoples. Our study of these objects clearly demonstrates the existence of two-level education system. Small wooden boards were used for teaching letters in the maktab school (1st stage). Historical research has shown that second-level schools (madrasah) were also present in the region. A celestial sphere, showing Zodiacal signs, proves that astronomy was one of the subjects studied therein.
About the Authors
R. Sh. Selnitskaya
Russian Museum of Ethnography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ritsa Sh. Selnitskaya (Shlarba) - Cand. Sci. (Hist.), senior researcher.
4/1, Inzhenernaya Str., St. Petersburg, 191011
S. R. Useinova
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sofi a R. Useinova - Cand. Sci. (Cult.), senior lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Culture of the Orient.
7/9, Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg, 199034
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Selnitskaya R.Sh., Useinova S.R. ARTIFACTS WITH ARABIC SCRIPT IN THE COLLECTIONS OF KARATA, DIDOI AND BOTLIKH PEOPLES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY. Islam in the modern world. 2018;14(1):55-70. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2018-14-1-55-70
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