«Every one of their cases is against the Koran and Sharia, and therefore against the government». About the Bubi brothers’ court case

Davlet L.Sh.

123–135 p.


doi.org: 10.22378/he.2022-7-1.123-135


On May 28, 1912, in the city of Sarapul, Vyatka province, a court session was held in the case of the Bubi brothers. A report about him was published in the newspaper “Yulduz” on May 27, May 31, June 3, 1912, and in Cyrillic in the collection “Bertugan Bubyylar һәm Izh-Buby madrәsәse” (1999). The author translated this material into Russian. In the introduction, he analyzes the nature of the report: the journalist speaks very favorably towards the enlightenment brothers and caustically ridicules Ishmi-ishan, notorious for his attacks on the Jadids. The text of the report allows you to feel the mood of the liberal part of the Tatar society of that time, the attitude of the Russian population of the region to the problems of the Tatar neighbors.


Keywords: Gabdulla and Gubaidulla Nigmatullin-Bubi, Izh-Bubi madrasah, case of the Bubi brothers, «Yulduz» newspaper

For citation: Davlet L.Sh. «Kazhdoye ikh delo – protiv Korana i shariata, a znachit, i protiv pravitel’stva». O sudebnom dele brat’yev Bubi [«Every one of their cases is against the Koran and Sharia, and therefore against the government». About the Bubi brothers’ court case]. Istoricheskaya etnologiya, 2022, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 123–135. https://doi.org/10.22378/he.2022-7-1.123-135 (In Russian)


About the author: Lilia Sh. Davlet, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of the Tatar Encyclopedia and Regional Studies of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (56 Pushkin St., Kazan 420015, Russian Federation); tafkilevna@mail.ru


Received May 12, 2022   Accepted for publication June 14, 2022

Published Online July 19, 2022