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- Title
Evliya çelebi in the Circassian lands: Vampires, tree worshippers, and pseudo-Muslims.
- Authors
Yaşar, Murat
- 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.
- Subjects
CIRCASSIA (Russia); NORTHERN Caucasus (Russia); RUSSIA; EVLIYA Celebi, ca. 1611-ca. 1682; CIRCASSIANS; MUSLIMS; TURKISH authors; TRAVELERS' writings; TRIBES; TREE worship; SEVENTEENTH century; HISTORY; TRAVEL; RUSSIA description &; travel; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2014, Vol 67, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0001-6446
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1556/AOrient.67.2014.1.4