THE TAURIDE MOHAMMEDAN SPIRITUAL BOARD: UNKNOWN ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS TO THE HISTORY OF CREATION (1825–1831)

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  O. Mavrina

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The article introduces to circulation unknown archival materials from the State Archives of Odessa region, which cover the little-known page of life of Muslims of Tauride province before the actual opening of the Tauride Mohammedan Spiritual Board and the adoption of the Regulation of 1831 (1825–1831). The period from 1811 to 1831 is a factual lacuna in the history of creation and opening of the TMSB. Researchers do not have enough materials at their disposal to shed light on events in the Crimea, both in the matter of the opening of the TMSB and in the sphere of the Muslims of the Crimea spiritual life. The case from the archive of Odessa region, from the fund of the Office of Novorossiysk and Bessarabia Governor-General contains correspondence between the Governor-General and the Office of Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Confessions, the Taurian governors, the Taurian muftis, other clerics of the Crimea and the Taurian Muslims between 1825 and 1831. The materials can be divided into three thematic groups: 1) documents relating to the opening of the Mohammedan Spiritual Board, discussions on financing, the creation of the Charter and the Regulations on the Taurian Mohammedan Clergy (D. Bludov), which formed the basis of the 1831 Regulation; 2) documents related to the activities of the Mufti Adzy Abduraim Efendi: reasons for his removal and holding the election of a new mufti, complaints of applicants; 3) documents on the appointment of a kadi-asker: characteristics of candidates, protocols of election results. New archival materials reveal hitherto unknown facts about the history of the creation of the TMSB and the reasons for the delay in adopting the TMSB Charter, shed light on the preparation of the Regulation of 1831 publication, and events related to the election of the Mufti and the kadi-asker.

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Mavrina, O. (2019). THE TAURIDE MOHAMMEDAN SPIRITUAL BOARD: UNKNOWN ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS TO THE HISTORY OF CREATION (1825–1831). The World of the Orient, (4 (105), 81-102. https://doi.org/10.15407/orientw2019.04.081
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