- Bitlis İslamiyat Dergisi
- Vol: 5 Issue: 1
- Islamic Gravestones in the Cemetery of Derbend City, in Dagestan Region, Southern Russia during the ...
Islamic Gravestones in the Cemetery of Derbend City, in Dagestan Region, Southern Russia during the twelfth century AH/ Eighteenth century AD: "A Study of Form and Content"
Authors : Muhammad Nasir Ismail ELKHİER
Pages : 126-127
Doi:10.53442/bider.vi.1232586
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Publication Date : 2023-06-15
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :This research presents a descriptive study of Islamic Gravestones illustrated catalogue in Derbend cemetery of Dāġhastān dating to before the end of the twelfth century AH / Eighteenth century AD (all dates are specified as either Years of Hijrah or Persian calendar with numbers). Where it turns out there are approximately 43 gravestones have been registered in 3 locations: in Derbend Cemetery; Kīrkẖliyār or Narin-Kala, Dūl-Dūl, and Šaykẖ Ṣalāḥ. No Gravestones found inside mosques, museums, and through the results of archaeological excavations date back to the 12th century AH/ 18th AD century. Previously uncovered were some fragments of Gravestones unearthed from previous excavations. For the types have found in the museums and shrines, are not dated to the same time, and dates back to the early decade of the 19th-century. The Archeological field survey of Derbend cemetery, the ethnographic and cultural recording, material Sources and the uses of gravestones, Funerary Rituals and Practices and Combination tombs have been done by the author Muḥammad Nasir Ismail during the Visitation of Derbend cemetery. Followed by Reading the content and completing translation from original Arabic, Persian and Turkish-Dāġhastān texts to modern English, This was followed by additional proofreading of Arabic translations and originalKeywords : Mezar taşı, Cenaze Töreni, Derbend, Kafkasya, Dāġhastān, Volga, Beylikler, Etno-Dini, Principalities, Ethno-Religious