The Crimean Tatar hereditary clergy and its genesis (1783–1831)
Journal: Minbar Islamic Studies
Year: 2019

The article deals with the Islamic clergy on Crimea (the Province of Tauria), which as a corporate body was officially registered on the 17 th of September 1796. On that day the clergy officially became tax exempt. The Islamic “hereditary” clergy in Crimea was not homogenous: its formation was influenced by the migration movements of the local population in the 18 th –19 th cent. The nucleus of the “hereditary” clergy consisted of the spiritual leaders of the bygone epoch who accepted the Russia