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Soft cover. Condition: New. EREN, HALIT - AYNA ASKEROGLU - NARJES KHUBBITDINOVA (Editors) Proceedings of the Third International Symposium of Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region. Ufa, Bashkortostan, 14-16 October 2008. Istanbul: IRCICA, 2010. Large 8vo., xxvi, 354 p. Papers in English and Russian. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789290632290 CATALOG: Caucasus & Central Asia KEYWORDS: Caucasus Turkish countries Central Asia Islamic civilisation Russia The Third International Symposium on "Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region" was held in Ufa, capital of Bashkortostan, under the patronage of the then President of Bashkortostan Mr. Murtaza Rakhimov, and opened with the President's address. The symposium generated a wide array of studies on Volga-Ural region's features and developments relating to intellectual heritage, religion, cultural identity, ideological movements, arts and architecture, multi-cultural influences, and the Islamic influence in the formation of all these processes. The book has the text of the comprehensive address (in Bashkir) of President Rakhimov. The 39 papers are published in their original language, in either Bashkir, Russian or English. Some of the titles are: "A comparison of Idil-Ural madrasahs and the Ottoman madrasahs" (Prof. Ali Arslan), "The Myth on the Origin of the Bashkorts and its variants in the Turkish world" (Prof. Ozkul Cobanoglu), "Islamic institutions and activities in Volga-Ural region during the 1917 revolution" (Prof. Nadir Devlet), "Nogays in the steppes of the Caspian Sea in the eyes of the 19th century Western travelers" (Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Eravci), "The Timurid Lyceum" (Dr. Mohd. Sanaullah), "Astrakhan from he view of English and French travelers in the first quarter of the 19th century" (Dr. H. Kara, Dr. A. Baser), "The impact of Zeki Velidi Togan (1890-1970) on Turkish Politics" (Dr. T. Erdogdu).