Research Article

Jaba, Bazidî, and the Ethnography of Kurds in the 18-19th Century

Volume: 4 Number: 1 January 25, 2018
EN TR

Jaba, Bazidî, and the Ethnography of Kurds in the 18-19th Century

Abstract

Kurds are one of the inhabitant people of Middle East and in modern times, in the sense of observerobserved, they have been in relation with the westerners for over two centuries. At the end of the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th century westerners met the language, culture, cultural and social life of Kurds and introduced them to the Europeans. This acquaintance became important with the political change in the area and many powers of that time started to make researches in order to know more about them. The meeting of Alexander Jaba, the Russian Consul in Erzurum, with Kurdish people and culture occurred in such conditions. What differentiates his meeting from that of other orientalists was what he had done, and his relation with the Kurdish people and culture, especially his relation with Mele Mehmudê Bazidî, his Kurdish teacher and main source of information. What they both have done such as collecting manuscripts, collecting and writing down the songs and folktales, is still very precious for Kurdish Studies and also for Kurdish scholars. Especially, Bazidî's work about Kurdish customs and traditions, Habits and Customs of Kurds, was/is valuable work that can be evaluated as ethnography. In this article, the works of Jaba and Mele Mahmudê Bazidî will be discussed in the frame of the ethnography discipline, including emic/etic approaches which are basic for ethnographic fieldwork.

Keywords

References

  1. ALAKOM, Rohat (2104). "Bir İzmir Levanteni: Auguste Jaba", Kürt Tarihi, s.11, ss. 48-55. ALTUNTEK, N. Serpil (2009). 'Yerli'nin Bakışı. Etnografya: Kuram ve Yöntem, Ütopya: Ankara BARTH, Fredrik (1953). Principles of Social Organization in Southern Kurdistan. Universitetets Etnografiske Museum. Bulletin 7. Oslo: Universitetets Etnografiske Museum. BAZÎDÎ, Mela Mehmûdê (2010). Adat û Rusûmatnameyê Ekradiye (Amadekar. Ziya Avcı), Lîs: Diyarbakir. BİÇER, Bekir (2104). “İslâm Coğrafyacılarının Eserlerinde Kürtler Hakkındaki Rivayetler (9. Yüzyıl – 13. Yüzyıl)”. Tarih Okulu Dergisi (TOD) Mart 2014 Yıl 7, Sayı XVII, ss. 165-187 BLAU, Joyce (2009). "Kurdish Language II. History of Kurdish Studies", http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-language-ii-history-of-kurdish-studies, last accessed in: 28.10.2016. BOCHENSKA, Joanna (2015). "Przedmowa do wydania polskiego", Fritillarica Kurdica, vol. 9, pp.7-22.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

-

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Abdurrahim Özmen * This is me

Publication Date

January 25, 2018

Submission Date

September 27, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 20, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Keskin, N., & Özmen, A. (2018). Jaba, Bazidî, and the Ethnography of Kurds in the 18-19th Century. International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 4(1), 68-84. https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.383378
  • NOTICE: All submissions will be accepted through the Manuscript Submission System. Please click on www.ijoks.com and register to submit a paper.