2019, no.2. Refat Abduzhemilev
The national symbols in the publications of O. Akchokrakly
(comments on the article «The matter of “the Crescent”»)
Refat Abduzhemilev
(Research Institute of the Crimean Tatar philology, history and culture of ethnic groups of the Crimea
in SBEIHE RC «Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University»;
Crimean Scientific Center of Sh.Marjani Institute of History of AS RT)
Abstract. In this article is offered the translation into Russian of the publication made by the Crimean Tatar scientist and writer O. Akchokrakly (1878–1938), being entitled «“Ay”meselesi» («The matter of “the Crescent”») from No. 114 of the «Millet» newspaper for 1917. The summary of the translated work is set out: the symbol of the crescent at the Türks and Tatars, the meaning of the crescent in Islam, the use of the crescent by the ancient Türks, the symbol of the double-headed eagle. In the comments on the Akchokrakly’s study, the history of arising of the crescent among the symbols of Muslim peoples is highlighted: the pre-Islamic origin of the crescent, its use on religious Muslim objects, the role of the Ottoman State in approving a crescent as an official Islamic symbol, the sacred meaning of Hilal and its image on the Sandjak, a crescent on the standards of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate are also revealed.
Keywords: Akchokrakly Osman, Islam, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Khanate, Ottoman State, Crescent, Hilal.
For citation: Abduzhemilev R. R. The national symbols in the publications of O. Akchokrakly (comments on the article «The matter of “the Crescent”»). Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2019, no. 2, pp. 193–202. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2019.2.193-202
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About the author and translator: Abduzhemilev Refat Rustem ogly, Cand. Sci (Philology), senior researcher of the Research Institute of the Crimean Tatar philology, history and culture of ethnic groups of the Crimea in SBEIHE RC «Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University» (295015, Simferopol, Uchebnyi lane, 8, Crimea, Russian Federation); senior researcher of the Crimean Scientific Center of Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (420111, Kazan, Baturin St., 7A, Russian Federation); refatimus@gmail.com
