The aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution saw an explosion in publishing activity by the ethnic and religious minorities of the Russian Empire. The diverse range of publications from the Muslim community in the Volga-Ural region revealed a deep interconnectedness with the wider Muslim world, especially between the reform-oriented Jadids and Muslim Modernists from around the globe. The author of the article explores the complex influence of the Egyptian reformer Muḥammad ʿAbduh and his writings among the Jadidist circles in the Volga-Ural region. The study shows the profound effect of ʿAbduh's views on Islamic historiography and of his understanding of ijtihād and his reaction to European modernity on the ideology of the Volga-Ural Jadids.
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