Title:

The Functioning of the Mufti Institution in Bulgaria at the Beginning of the 20th Century : a Case Study

Subtitle:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol. 53 (2018), Special Issue

Creator:

Popek, Krzysztof (1990– )

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2018

Description:

Continues: Studia z Dziejów ZSRR i Europy Środkowej ; p. 217-232

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Balkans (region) - 20th c. ; Muslims - Bulgaria ; Muslim Institutions ; minorities - Bulgaria - 20th c.

Abstract:

The author analyses the functioning of the muftis in Bulgaria, one of the most important institution of the Muslim religious-administrative autonomy in that Balkan country during the Third State period (1878–1944). The presented three cases of Afiz M. Mustafow, Afiz Suleymanov, and Sali Effendi illustrated series of phenomenon linked to the functioning of mufti and Muslim autonomous institutions in Bulgaria in the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The case studies are based on the materials from the Central State Archive of Bulgaria in Sofia.

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Relation:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Volume:

53

Issue:

Special Issue

Start page:

217

End page:

232

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

1230-5057 ; 10.12775/SDR.2018.3.09

Source:

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Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol ; eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; National Programme for the Development of the Humanities

Access:

Open