Şihabetdin Märcani
Tatar Hanafi theologist and historian (1818–1889)
Şihabetdin Märcani
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شہاب الدین مرجانی
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Born | 1818 |
Died | 1889 |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Creed | Maturidi |
Şihabetdin Märcani ( Tatar : شہاب الدین مرجانی , Cyrillic : Шиһабетдин Мәрҗани , IPA: [ʃihæbetˈdin mærʑæˈni] ; [lower-alpha 1] 1818–1889) was a Tatar Hanafi Maturidi theologian [1] and historian .
He studied in madrassas of Tashkichu (near Kazan ), Bukhara and Samarkand . Beginning in 1850 he served as the imam of the First Cathedral Mosque . Later, in 1867, he became a muhtasib of Kazan . At the same time, in 1876-1884 he lectured on religion in the Tatar Teachers' School. Märcani became the first Muslim member of The Society for Archaeology, History and Ethnography at Kazan State University . In his papers he illustrated his ideas about the renovation and the perfection of the Tatar educational system . As a historian, he was the first Tatar scholar to employ a synthesis of European methodology with the traditions of the Oriental scholars. He was the author of more than 30 volumes about Tatar history.
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- ↑ Shagaviev, D. A. (2020). "The works of Shihab ad-din al-Marjani on Islamic scholastic theology" . Minbar. Islamic Studies . 13 : 103–116. doi : 10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-1-103-116 . S2CID 226207692 .
- "Şihabetdin Märcani". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan : The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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