The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)

437 Pages·2003·2.68 MB·English

by  Sharif Jan Makhdum Sadr Ziya, M. Shukurov, Edward Allworth, R. Shukurov

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF A BUKHARAN INTELLECTUAL
BRILL’S
INNER ASIAN LIBRARY
edited by
NICOLA DI COSMO
DEVIN DEWEESE
CAROLINE HUMPHREY
VOLUME 9
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF
A BUKHARAN INTELLECTUAL
The Diary
of
MuÈammad-SharÊf-i ‘adr-i Z8 iy§
Translated from the Original Manuscript
by Rustam Shukurov
With an Introductory Study and Commentaries
by Muhammadjon Shakuri (Shukurov)
Project Director
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
Editor, English Language Edition
Edward A. Allworth
BRILL
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2004
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sadr Ziya’, Sharif Jan Makhdum, 1867-1931 or 2.
The personal history of a Bukharan intellectual : the diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i
Ziya / translated from the original manuscript by Rustam Shukurov ; with an introductory
study and commentaries by Muhammadjon Shakuri (Shukurov) ; project director
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh ; editor, English language edition Edward A. Allworth.
p. cm. — (Brill’s Inner Asian library ; v. 9)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-13161-2
1. Bukhoro viloëti (Uzbekistan)—History. 2. Khanate (Amirate) of Bukhara—History. 3. ‘adr
Z8 iy§’, Sharåf Jån Makhdåm, 1867-1931 or 2—Diaries. I. Title: Title in introd.: Ruznama.
II. Shukurov, R. (Rustam) III. Shukurov, M. (Muhammadjon), 1926— IV. Allworth,
Edward. V. Title. VI. Series.
DK949.B84S23 2003
958.7—dc22
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ISSN 1566-7162
ISBN 90 04 13161 2
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CONTENTS
Editor’s Note ............................................................................ xiii
About the Translator of the Diary and Author of the
Introduction .......................................................................... xv
List of Illustrations .................................................................... xvii
Preface of the Project Director .............................................. xix
Preface of the Director of the Institute of Oriental
Studies .................................................................................... xxvii
Introduction by Muhammadjon Shakuri (Shukurov):
“Íadr-i Óiyà and his Diary” ................................................ 1
Translator’s Notes .................................................................... 76
Diary .......................................................................................... 83
[Epidemic in Bukhara] ........................................................ 85
[My Parent’s Illness] ............................................................ 87
[Funeral Ceremony] ............................................................ 96
[The Period of Training] .................................................... 101
[The Bukharan Embassy to ‡Ôqand and the Envy of
Rivals] ................................................................................ 105
[Noble Wedding Feast in Bukhara] .................................... 108
[The Prince of Blood Óayà and Appointment to
Qarªì] .............................................................................. 111
A ∞azal of Nùr al-Dìn-¶àn-i TÔra-i Óayà ...................... 112
A ∞azal of Mìrzà ·ams al-Dìn-i Dà'ì ............................ 113
Another Piece by him .......................................................... 114
[Farìdùn, his Sons and the Legend of Amu Darya] ........ 115
An Adventure on the Amu Darya ...................................... 117
[From the Dismissal to a New Rise] ................................ 119
[Death of Sayid Amìr MuΩaffar-i Bahàdur-¶àn] ............ 124
[Reconciliation of Two Families] ........................................ 130
[Calendar of Deaths] ............................................................ 132
An Oracular Dream ............................................................ 136
[My Friends] ........................................................................ 138
[My First Appointments] .................................................... 142
[ Judgeship of Yangì-QÔr∞àn and Falling into
Disgrace] ............................................................................ 143
viii 
[A Reformation of the tùmàn of ‡itfar] .......................... 146
[My Uncle Mullà 'Inàyat-Allàh] ........................................ 148
[My Maternal Great-Grandfather and the Community
of Mìrzà’s] .......................................................................... 155
[Events of the Year 1314] .................................................... 160
The Uprising of Christian Subjects of the Ottoman
Empire against the Government by Greek Incitement
to Sedition .......................................................................... 161
The Names of European [Powers], which were in
Jealousy and Envy at the Deeds and Behavior of His
Majesty the Magnificent Sultan 'Abd al-Óamìd-¶àn
after the Declaration of War on Greece owing to the
Backstairs Instigation of England ...................................... 166
Emergence of Hostility between Greece and the Great
Ottoman Empire over the Uprising of the Christians of
the Island of Crete owing to the Instigation of England
because of the Massacre of Armenians ............................ 169
Sending of some Brigades to Crete by His Majesty the
Fortunate Sultan, in Accordance with the People’s
Demand, to Repel the Attack of the Greek Troops,
and Retrenching of the mujàhidìn of Islam, and
Declaring of War from Both Sides and by the Order
of the Sultan ...................................................................... 170
The Victory and Triumph of Muslims, Defeat and
Retreat of Greeks .............................................................. 171
[Some Events of the year 1314 in Bukhara] ...................... 174
Prophetic Dream .................................................................... 175
[The Birth of Mìrzà Mu˙ammad-¸arìf, Dismissal and a
New Appointment] ............................................................ 177
A qaßìda of Óiyà .................................................................... 179
[Mysterious Fires in the Region of Karmìna] .................... 182
[Baneful Winter of 1318] ...................................................... 184
[Rank of Íudùr and Appointment to 2ahàrjÔy] .............. 188
[Russian Bridge over Amu] .................................................. 190
[Thanksgiving Letter to the Amìr] ...................................... 192
[Death of 'Abd al-Ra˙màn of Afghanistan] ........................ 195
[Bankruptcy of Bukharan Merchants] .................................. 196
[Staying in Karkì] .................................................................. 201
[The Smallpox Epidemic] .................................................... 203
[Between Fear and Hope] .................................................... 209
 ix
[Appointment to Kàmàt] ...................................................... 211
[Four Events] .......................................................................... 212
[Dismissal and Prophetic Dream in Se-Pulàn] .................... 215
Russo-Japanese War with some Details of it ...................... 217
Story of the Rise of the Russian Empire due to the
Wisdom of Peter the Great .............................................. 218
Causes of the Decline and Collapse of the Russian
Empire ................................................................................ 219
The Praise and Description of Mikado, the Triumphant
Emperor of Japan .............................................................. 221
War between Japan and China ............................................ 222
[The Boxer Rebellion and the Russian Annexation of
Chinese Territories] ............................................................ 223
[Declaration of War] .............................................................. 225
[The Fall of Port Arthur] .................................................... 229
[Battle of Mukden] ................................................................ 230
[Sea-Battle at Tsushima Strait] ............................................ 232
[The Last Stage of the War] ................................................ 233
[Treaty of Portsmouth] .......................................................... 234
On the Casualties, Expenditures, and Costs of this
War ...................................................................................... 235
[On the Causes of the Russian Defeat] .............................. 236
[A Vain Hope] ...................................................................... 237
[Disastrous Earthquake] ........................................................ 238
Description and Dating of the Earthquake of Andìjàn ...... 242
[Getting Rid of ‡itfar] ........................................................ 245
[The Three Remarkable Events of the Year 1326] .......... 247
Appointment to ·ahrisabz .................................................. 251
[Clashes between Sunnis and Shiites] .................................. 254
[Incident in Qarªì] .............................................................. 258
Some Good Deeds which were done by this Slave with
the Broken Wings in that Year ........................................ 259
[Fire in One of the King’s Houses] .................................... 259
[The Death of Amìr 'Abd al-A˙ad-¶àn] .......................... 260
On the Good Deeds of this Enlightened King .................. 261
The Fortunate Enthronement of Sayid 'Àlim-¶àn-i TÔra,
the Crown-Prince ................................................................ 264
[Halley’s Comet] .................................................................... 265
Another Good Work [of the King] ...................................... 267
[Íadr’s Dignity and Judgeship of fiijduwàn] .................... 267