შეიხ სანანისა და დავით გარეჯელის იდენტობისათვის
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2014
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მერიდიანი
Abstract
In the Oriental archives of the National Centre of Manuscripts the
manuscript P-174 has been kept. This is Majd-os-Saltanes’ “Description of the
city Tbilisi”, which contains important information on the history of the XIX
century Tbilisi. Especially interesting is the information regarding the sepulchre
of sheikh Sanan. According to the legend, circulated in the XIX century, sufi
sheikh Sanan was associated with David of Gareji. In the present work there is
an analysis of a widespread theory about sheikh Sanan, his arrival and activities
in Georgia, and also a translation of the part of the text we are interested in. In
addition, in the article are analysed the reports of Iranian travellers in XVIIIXIX
cc., who attest that in Tbilisi, on a mountain with a church, there is sheikh
Sanan’s sepulchre venerated by Georgians as well as Iranians. In the legend
about David of Gareji and sheikh of Sanan the existence of a woman, which
became a cause for “sinning”, made a synthesis of the above-mentioned two
religious men in the folklore. Thus, for Tbilisi and Caucasian Muslims, David
of Gareji was identified with sheikh Sanan. The sufism was quite widespread in
the XII-XIII cc. urban life. In my opinion, exactly in these centuries, the legend
about sheikh Sanan was dissipated among the Muslims of Tbilisi. This legend
was merged with the existing information about David of Gareji, that for the
Muslims the latter was identified with sheikh Sanan, and became an object of
reverence for both Christians and Muslims. This legend was narrated by Iranian
travellers from the XVIII century onwards.
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https://geohistory.humanities.tsu.ge/ge/procedings/83-shromebi/161-shromebi-8.html
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შეიხ სანაანი, სუფიზმი, დავით გარეჯელი
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, VIII, თბილისი, 2013-2014, გვ. 208-217 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, VIII, Tbilisi, 2013-2014, pp. 208-217