Humanity has established various civilizations in many basins from Hijaz to Bilad al-Sham, from Iraq al-Ajam to Khorasan, from Maghrib to Andalusia, from Sindh to Hind, from Maveraunnehir to Turkistan, from Anatolia to Rumelia. Many dynasties that ruled over these basins made important contributions to the writing of the history of themselves, the basin, and humanity in different ways. While the sources that emerged within the framework of these efforts are generally known by researchers working on the period, they are not known in a holistic and comprehensive manner for young historians and researchers who have not yet specialized in the field or who are new to the field who want to study these basins. Taking these concerns into account, the History and Historiography in the Basins of Civilization Project focuses on historians and historical sources. Because the issue of sources is one of the essential elements of the discipline of history. Therefore, three issues constitute the main objective of this project.
1- First of all, without considering them as absolute and isolated categories and therefore without neglecting the changes, transformations, and interactions, it is aimed to discuss the position of the historical sources written in the civilization basins focused on, as well as to examine them with their methodological characteristics and to evaluate the historical sources and the historians who have shaped them in a holistic manner, which carry a certain memory and inherit the tradition in the basin from the past to the present.
2- The aim is to reveal the processes through which historiography was shaped in the basins discussed. In line with the aforementioned objectives, Iran, Egypt, the Balkans, Maveraunnehir, Turkistan, Khwarizm, Maghrib, Andalusia, Sindh, Hindustan and Anatolia are included in the scope of the project. In this way, it is aimed to unearth the historical memory of Islamic civilization basins.
3-The contemporary period cannot be understood independently of the accumulation of the past, and if a new construction process for the future is to be carried out, this cannot be realized without revealing the accumulation of the past. Based on this motive, it is aimed to comprehend the developments, deepenings, transformations, expansions, or differentiations in the science of history in the main civilization basins in the contemporary period, and to examine historiography and the future of history in depth in the light of modern changes and developments by centering the meaning of history.
PROJECT TEAM
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit
Deputy Coordinators: Dr. Halil İbrahim Erol, Dr. Selahattin Polatoğlu
Assistants Elif Özdoğan Ulu, Haşem Gözgü
Executives
Iran Basin: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhan Afacan, Assoc. Dr. Şefaattin Deniz, Assoc. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit
Egypt Basin: Dr. Büşra Sıdıka Kaya, Dr. Halil İbrahim Erol, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit
Balkans: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Hamdi Sayar, Prof. Dr. Levent Kayapınar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit
Indian Subcontinent: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şefaattin Deniz, Dr. Hasan Asadi
Maghrib & Andalusia: Prof. Dr. Feridun Bilgin, Dr. Halil İbrahim Erol, Dr. Ahmet İğdi, Dr. Yakup Akyürek
Transoxiana: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Macit, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman Aydınlı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sherzodxon Aka Mahmudov, Dr. Zebiniso Kamalova, Dr. Bahadır Musatemov
Arabia: Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlyas Uçar, Dr. Halil Ortakçı, Halil İbrahim Yılmaz
Tigris & Fırat: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebubekir Ceylan, Dr. Selahattin Polatoğlu, Dr. Abdulhamit Dündar
Anatolia: Dr. Suat Kaymak, Faruk Akyıldız
Bilad al-Sham: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ziya Polat, Dr. Ayşe Çekiç
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Ali Satan, Prof. Dr. Osman Gazi Özgüdenli, Assoc. Dr. Teyfur Erdoğdu, Assoc. Dr. Ziya Polat, Assoc. Dr. Halil İbrahim Hançabay, Assoc. Dr. Hakan Temir, Dr. Faruk Yaslıçimen, Dr. Ertuğrul Ökten
Researchers: Halil İbrahim Yılmaz, Talha Özdemir, Sümeyye Cinisli, Yunus Ballı, Mehmet İlkay Çiftçi, Emre Özgören, Esra Bembeyaz, Merjema İmamovic, Beytullah Mısır
Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB)
Balkan Studies Foundation
University of Sarajevo Center for Historical Studies
Yildiz Technical University Balkan and Black Sea Research Center (BALKAR)
Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography
Istanbul University Center for Southeast European Studies
Istanbul University Center for Turkic Studies
Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
Artuklu Academy (Mardin)
- History and Historiography in Civilization Basins 1: Iran Basin
Workshop and Book Publication
The main purpose of the workshop and the resulting book Historical Sources and Historiography in Iran is to reveal a general picture of the Iranian basin in terms of “historical sources” by examining the prominent historical sources and historians of the “Iranian basin” from the conquest to the present day, to follow the historiographical process from the beginning to the present day and to raise awareness about the historical studies carried out in the basin today.
- History and Historiography in Civilization Basins 2: The Egyptian Basin
Workshop and Book Publication 2
The main purpose of the Workshop on Mamluk Intellectual History and the resulting book Introduction to Mamluk Intellectual History is to evaluate the trends seen in new studies and related debates in the field within the scope of intellectual history research on the Mamluk period and to identify new problematics. On the other hand, it is also aimed to provide a basis for intellectual history studies on the Mamluk period and to make the areas of debate on this subject visible and traceable.
Book Publication 3
-Historiography in Egypt: From the French Occupation to the reign of Mehmed Ali Pasha
-Halil Ibrahim Erol
Historiography in nineteenth-century Egypt is analyzed through the works of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabertī, Abdullah al-Sharqāwī, Ismail al-Hashshāb, Ahmad al-Rajabī, Nikola al-Turk and their works. This work, which is the first of its kind in Turkish literature, deals with the main Arabic sources as well as related research in English and partly French literature. The work is of particular importance as it allows for a comparison of the historiography of the late period in Ottoman historiography. In this respect, it provides interesting examples from the field in terms of historiography, historical thought, and methodology. The Mamluks, the Wahhabis, the scholars of al-Azhar, Egyptian society, the leaflets distributed to the people during the French occupation, which included the propaganda of the Muslim French image, and the era of Kavalalı Mehmed Ali Pasha are among the prominent topics.
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- History and Historiography in Civilization Basins 3: Balkan Basin
International Symposium and Book Publication
International Balkan Symposium: History and Historiography in the Basins of Civilization 3 symposium and the resulting book Historical Sources and Historiography in the Balkans, the main purpose of the symposium is to reveal a holistic picture of the Balkan basin in terms of historiography by examining the prominent historical sources and historians of the “Balkan geography” from the Ancient Greek period to the present day, to follow the process of historiography from the beginning to the present day and to raise awareness about the historical studies carried out in the basin today.
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- History and Historiography in Civilization Basins 4: Indian Subcontinent
History and Historiography in Civilization Basins Workshop 4: Indian Subcontinent
The main purpose of the study is to reveal a general picture of the Indian Subcontinent in terms of historiography by examining the prominent historical sources and historians from the conquest of the “Indian Subcontinent” by Muslims to the present day. This study will provide new researchers who will conduct research on the region with the opportunity to easily access the historical sources of the period and to understand the common and differentiating basic aspects of historical sources, dynamics, perspectives, trajectories, historians, and to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the periods. The study will cover the Ghaznavids, the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, the Ghurids, the Mughals, and the Indian nation-state periods.
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