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

by Thomas Sanders, Ernest Tucker, Leo Tolstoy, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents two extraordinary 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. The authors offer a complete commentary on the various intellectual and religious contexts that shaped the two texts and explain the historical significance of the Russian-Muslim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415478790
• ISBN13: 9780415478793
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"