Арабографичные надписные камни из раскопок Казанского кремля 2000-х гг.
Stones with Arabic Inscriptions from the Excavations in Kazan Kremlin in 2000s

Author(s): Aydar M. Gaynutdinov, Ayrat G. Sitdikov, Аndrey S. Starkov
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Modern Age, 16th Century
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Kazan; 16th century; Islam; Khanate; Kremlin; Arabic epigraphic
Summary/Abstract: Medieval epigraphs written in Arabic and found in the Middle Volga region provide some very important historical evidence for any student of the regional history. For they preserved an important page of the medieval written culture. The authors address a corpus of Arabic inscriptions made on stones in the first half of the 16th century, identified during the excavations on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin in the early 2000s. Fragments of stones stored in the Museum of Archaeology (Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Sciences, Republic of Tatarstan) contain some fragments of texts in Arabic, including fragments of words and some separate letters. The paper describes the context in which these inscriptions were revealed and offers a reading of the texts on stones. Specific usages of these stones are suggested. Some fragments could be architectural elements.

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