The role of Kurdish manuscripts in the emergence of Kurdish studies in Russia of the nineteenth century

Suzan Karim Mustafa; History Department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq; Hardi Hama Saeed Othman; History Department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Halabja, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

doi:10.32410/huj-10380

There are many important political, military, cultural, historical and scientific factors that have great roles in emerging the study of Kurdish in Russia, The Kurdish manuscripts have a basic role, than any other factors, not only in the appearance of this science but in development and creating new branches of the study on Kurdish.In the middle of 19th century, by helping of Kurdish clergymen and educated people, many important manuscripts have been gathered and saved in Russia. While Russian

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... scholars begun to gather the manuscripts, they did not have information on Kurdish, rather they thought that Kurdish were a wild nation and out of civilization. This view had changed because of gathering these manuscripts, in addition to their role in developing scientific research on Kurdish.

doi:10.32410/huj-10380 fatcat:xgrgc7ddenb5pdl2qi3v7s42hu

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Suzan Karim Mustafa, History Department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Hardi Hama Saeed Othman, History Department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Halabja, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. "The role of Kurdish manuscripts in the emergence of Kurdish studies in Russia of the nineteenth century." Halabja University Journal 6.2 (2016) 46-68

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