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McGregor, A., ‘The Circassian Qubba-s of Abbas Avenue, Khartoum:
Governors and Soldiers in 19th Century Sudan’ in Nordic Journal of African
Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 2001, pp 28-40.
According to the author (personal correspondence), '...
the importance of Circassians in
the Sudan from 1820 to 1885 cannot be overestimated...'
This research throws light on Circassian
influence in the Sudan in the 19th century.
Here is the abstract (reproduced by permission from
author and Nordic Journal of African Studies):
"Departing from two qubba-s, beehive-like tombs
from the 19th century in the centre
of Khartoum, the author portrays the complicated
sequence of power politics in Egypt
and in the Sudan, which 'explains' the existence
of those two burial monuments in an area
where most such monuments were destroyed after the
Mahdi's conquest in 1885. These
qubba-s are grave monuments of two nineteenth century
Circassian governors-general of the
Sudan in the service of Viceroy Muhammad 'Ali and
his descendants. In the qubba-s can be
seen the passing of an extraordinary age of Circassian
prominence in the Nile Valley.
Several events contributed to the end of the Circassian
importance in international affairs
in general and in Egypt in particular, including
(a) the elimination of Mamluk recruitment;
(b) the conquest of a divided Circassia by Russia;
(c) the exile of many Circassians to Turkey,
Jordan, and other points in the Middle East; (d)
the growth of Arab nationalism in Egypt and
other parts of the Ottoman Empire; and (e) the momentous
changes in the power structure of
the Ottoman government that culminated in the revolution
of the Young Turks. (Ed.)"
Myths
from the Caucasus: Nart Sagas of the Circassians, Abazas
Ubykh,
and Abkhazians
John Colarusso
Princeton University Press, May 2002.
Prof. Colarusso has been working on the Nart legends
since the 1970s.
see Bibliography of the North Caucasus (use the find-in-page
facility)
The
Massacre in History
Mark Levene and Penny Roberts (eds)
Vol. 1 in the series War and Genocide, New York: Berghahn
Books, 1999.
[Includes ‘The Circassians: A Forgotten Genocide?’
by Stephen D. Shenfield.
Hazard
in Circassia:
(Hazard vol. 5)
by Vivian Stuart,
Ulverscroft Large Print
Books, October 1993.
ISBN 0 7089 2962 1, 416 pages, Price: 12.99 pounds
It was spring 1855 and the winter had taken heavy
toll of the Allied Army besieging Sebastopol. Admiral Lyons sent Commander
Phillip Hazard to Circassia in H.M.S. Huntress to find the guerrilla leader,
Serfir Pasha, and persuade him to help in the war against the Russians. Phillip
found himself fighting side by side with a woman against the savage brutality
of the Cossack army.
At the Edge of Empire:
The Terek Cossacks and the North Caucasus Frontier, 1700-1860,
by
Thomas M. Barrett,
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999.
xv + 243. Plates, appendix, index. $55.00 (cloth),
ISBN 0-8133-3671-6.
Read review
by Willard Sunderland, Department
of History, University of Cincinnati.
Published by H-Russia (April, 2000)
Caucaso
by Piera Graffer, Firenze, Italy: LoGisma, 2000.
Caucasus:
The Paradise Lost,
by Piera Graffer, Florence, Italy: LoGisma,
2004.
Foreword by Thomas Goltz
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