Yaşar, Murat (2014) Evliya çelebi in the Circassian lands: Vampires, tree worshippers, and pseudo-Muslims. Acta Orientalia, 67 (1). pp. 75-96. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
Evliya Çelebi (1611–c. 1685), the Ottoman traveller (scholar, courtier, raconteur, dervish, musician, and linguist) journeyed the entire empire and beyond over the course of forty years and authored what is considered the largest travel account in history (ten volumes), providing a unique record of his times. This article focuses on his travels in the Circassian lands where he encountered vampire witches, polities with no rulers, vegetarian tribes, and “other jollities”. His travelogue replete with references to their population, settlements, and troops sheds light on the religious, cultural, and linguistic characteristics of the Circassians as well as their incipient Islamisation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2016 13:14 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2016 13:14 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/42846 |
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