| Titre | L'activité de Démètre Cantemir pendant la campagne russe en Perse (1722) | |
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| Auteur | Georges Cioranesco | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 29, no 2, avril-juin 1988 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Documents |
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| Page | 257-271 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Georges Cioranesco, The activity of Demeter Cantemir during the Russian campaign in Persia (1722).
Demeter Cantemir, ex -hospodar of Moldavia, accompanied Peter the Great during the Russian campaign in Persia, acting as the tsar's councellor in oriental affairs and as interpreter for Turkish and Persian. During this campaign, he composed several addresses destined to Persians, Turks and other peoples of Turkish origin established in Persia, informing them of the objectives of the action in which Russians were engaged.
We have identified three proclamations due to Cantemir, all differing one from another. The manifesto of Astrakhan presents the campaign as a punitive expedition against Dâwûd-beg, chief of Lezghians; according to another manifesto the campaign seems to be directed against Mir Mahmûd, an Afghan chief revolted against the Shah Husain Suleiman; finally, a third manifesto, addressed to the inhabitants of Baku, invites them to place themselves under the Russian protection. The first two proclamations attained their aim, and contributed to persuade the local administration of Tarki, Axai and Derbent to surrender to the Russians whilst the third one did not have the same success with the inhabitants of Baku.
The Caucasian campaign broadened out the scientific horizon of Cantemir: formerly an expert in turcology, he turned into a real Orientalist. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1988_num_29_2_2146 |
