Inscriptions of Alawi population in the vicinity of Kurdzhali
Kıdcali bölgesinde Alevî ahalinin yazitları
Language: Bulgarian with summaries in English and Turkish

     The present study analyzes the tombstones with inscriptions of Arabic letters with the Ottoman-Turkish alphabet, preserved in the village of Brosh near by Kurdzhali, Southeast Bulgaria. They date back from 1798/1799 by 1914/1915. The authores gives a detailed descriptions of the epigraph monuments, the text transliretared in Latin, translation in Bulgarian and comments on the inscriptions.

Table of contents

A small tombcolumn in memory of Ali

The tombstones, preserved in the village of Brosh, near by Kurdzhali

Column of Dallı Ali Baba of the tomb in the türbe (mausoleum)

Tombstone of Dede Abdish, son of Hasan Dervish

Tombstone of Süleyman, son of İbrahim, with tadj (crown, dervish’s headgear) with 18 slices

Marble tombstone of İbrahim, son of Abdullah

Tombstone of Mahmud, son of Halil, with tadj (crown) with slices and with image of teslim tashı (teslim taşı)

Tombstone of dervish Kahraman Ali, son of Musa, with relief teslim taşı from the village of Bivoluane, Momchilgrad district

Epigraph monuments from the tekke (dervish lodge) arabatî Baba in Tetovo (Kalkandelen)

Tombstone of İbish, son of Dede, in the yard of the türbe in the village of Brosh

Conclusions

Supplements: I. Inscriptions from Brosh, pictured in the 20st October 2010

II. Maps of the district of Brosh

Bibliography

Summaries

Надписи на Алианското население в района на град Кърджали

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