Abdurrashit Ibragimov on the problems of marriage ceremony (nikakh) and marriage among the Tatars: an ethnopsychological aspect

Abstract

The publication provides an analytical review of the article by Abdurrashit Ibragimov (1857–1944), “Nikyakh vә kyzny kiyaүgә birmәk” (“The marriage ceremony and the marriage of the daughter”), devoted to the criticism of negative phenomena in the practices of marriage (nikakh) and the arrangement of family life among Muslim Tatars. Being a prominent Tatar religious and public figure, who knew the life of his fellow tribesmen in all its nuances and subtleties, A. Ibragimov considered it extremely important to find happiness and well-being not only for the Muslim Ummah as a whole, but also for each of its members individually. For this reason, he drew attention to and criticized the ethno-psychological features of marriage, which are contrary to the interests of girls. The appendix contains a commented transliteration of the source from the Old Tatar language.

For citation: Khairutdinov A.G. Abdurrashit Ibragimov on the problems of marriage ceremony (nikakh) and marriage among the Tatars: an ethnopsychological aspect. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.1, pp. 109–119. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-1.109-119 (In Russian)