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Die sibirischen Bucharioten

Eine muslimische Minderheit unter russischer Herrschaft
Christian Noack
p. 263-278

Abstracts

The Siberian Bukhariots. – Prior to Russian conquest and settlement the western Siberian plains formed part of the Empire of the Golden Horde. One of the Horde’s successor states was the khanate of Sibir, a principality controlled by Uzbek khans throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade operations of the Siberian Bukhariots, a small but wealthy group of Central Asian origin, secured close economic and cultural bonds between western Siberia and the Islamic world, also under Russian rule. This article traces the history of the Bukhariots as a small and highly “mobile diaspora” (J. Armstrong) under Russian rule and examines the range and importance of their Oriental trade from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Given the limited Russian potential for the development of Siberia, state authorities recognized the indispensability of the small Muslim elite’s economic activities and furnished them with substantial privileges. The Bukhariots could thus preserve their economic potential and their particular cultural features until the early nineteenth century. Under Russian rule, they firmly established themselves as the upper strata within the local Muslim society.

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References

Bibliographical reference

Christian Noack, “Die sibirischen Bucharioten”Cahiers du monde russe, 41/2-3 | 2000, 263-278.

Electronic reference

Christian Noack, “Die sibirischen Bucharioten”Cahiers du monde russe [Online], 41/2-3 | 2000, Online since 15 January 2007, connection on 28 March 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/monderusse/47; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/monderusse.47

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About the author

Christian Noack

Fakultät für Gewissenschaft und Philosophie, Universität Bielefeld.
cnoack@geschichte.uni-bielefeld.de

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