Russian Sources of the Qur’anic Ethnography II. Alexander A. Adamov and His “Arabic Iraq” Anna Kudriavtceva 2021, Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research

https://www.academia.edu/100325739/Russian_Sources_of_the_Qur_anic_Ethnography_II_Alexander_A_Adamov_and_His_Arabic_Iraq_ The scholarly and documentary heritage, the museum collections associated with the name of Alexander A. Adamov (1870—1938), one of the leading Russian diplomats and practicing orientalists at the eve of the First World War, are undoubtedly an important source for studying the history of the Middle East at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of the rivalry of the great powers in the region. Today, however, the significance of Adamov's texts and collections takes on yet another dimension. It is Qur’anic ethnography, a new scientific field, based on the results of specialized studies of previous years, and it is closely related to the studies of the Qur’anic language and the language milieu of Arabia at the time of the Prophet, to the ethnographical field studies in Arabia and Qur’anic archaeology. Researchers of Arabia are very well familiar with the phenomenon of the long preservation of elements of traditional tangible culture and economic activities here. This ...