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“Enemies' Rhymes”: the First Egyptian Crisis, hajj from the Crimea and Egyptian propaganda among the Crimean Tatars in 1832

Vostok/Oriens '2016, №5

 
The article offers a publication of documents from the State Archive of the Russian Federation about the rumors spread among the Crimean Tatars in 1832, related to the imminent coming of the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali, who would win Russians and take possession over the Crimea. The article outlines the political developments related to the so-called Egyptian Crisis (1832–1833), which directly affected the spirits of the Crimean Tatars and led to the spread of rumors and predictive literature. The authors assume that in Egypt, through which laid the path of the Crimean Tatars to Mecca, Muhammad Ali conducted anti-Russian propaganda.

Keywords: the Crimean Tatars, the First Egyptian Crisis 1832–1833, Muhammed Ali, hajj

Pages: С. 91–104