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Abaza Language
Abaza is the name of an ethnic group closely related to the Circassians, the Abazins, their language, the Abaza language, an Egyptian noble family of the same origin, the Abaza family, Abaza Family, and a surname. The Abazin people's "self-designation" is ''Abaza'' (Abaza language: ). The word is also where the historic country of Abazinia gets its name. Abaza may also refer to: Places *Abazinia, a region in the Caucasus *Abaza (town), a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia Other uses *Abaza people, an ethnic group of the Caucasus *Abaza language, a Northwest Caucasian language *Abaza family, an Egyptian noble house of maternal Abazins, Abazin Circassians, Circassian ancestry *Abaza (surname) *Abaza goat, a Turkish breed of domesticated goat *Abaza TV, a television station in the Republic of Abkhazia People * Alexander Abaza (1821–1895), Russian finance minister * Alexander Nikolayevich Abaza (1872–1925), Russian diplomat * Alexey Abaza (1853–1915), Russian admiral * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circassians
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe (Adyghe language, Adyghe and ), are a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. As a consequence of the Circassian genocide, which was perpetrated by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Circassian War in the 19th century, most of the Circassian people were exiled from their ancestral homeland and consequently began living in what was then the Ottoman Empire—that is, modern-day Turkey and the rest of the Middle East. In the early 1990s, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization estimated that there are as many as 3.7 million Circassian diaspora, Circassians in diaspora in over 50 countries. The two Circassian languages—western Adyghe language, Adyghe and eastern Kabardian language, Kabardian—are natively spoken by the Circassian people. After the Russian Empire's war crimes and forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nikolayevich Abaza
Alexander Nikolayevich Abaza (; 4 August 1872 – 6 November 1925) was a Russian diplomat who served as the last Russian consul-general in Australia before the October Revolution of 1917, which brought the Bolsheviks to power. He sometimes used the surname d'Abaza to indicate his nobility. Early life Abaza was born in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia) into a noble family of Moldavian origin; his father served on the Mixed Courts of Egypt. He attended grammar school in Kharkov, graduating in 1891, before going on to the Alexander Lyceum in Saint Petersburg. His great-uncles included Alexander Ageevich Abaza and , while a second cousin was Alexey Abaza. Diplomatic career Abaza joined the Imperial Foreign Ministry in 1895. His first postings were in Galati, Jerusalem, and Bangkok. In 1905, he was appointed as the Russian consul in Alexandria, Egypt. While in London in 1910, he married Frederica Sophia Sperlich (of German origin). His first marriage to Yelizaveta Aleksandrov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Pasha Abaza
Aziz Pasha Abaza (, born 13 August 1898 – 11 July 1973) was an Egyptian poet, known in the fields of modern Egyptian literature and Arab literature. Abaza's poems are preoccupied with Arab unity and Pan-Arabism. His poetry was an inspiration for Arabism advocates. He was a prominent member of the Abaza Family, an Egyptian aristocratic clan of Abazin, Circassian origin. Early life Abaza was born in Minya El Qamh, Al Sharqiya governorate in Egypt. He joined the School of Law from where he graduated in 1923. He worked as a member of Parliament, director of the Identification Department, Egyptian Ministry of Interior in 1923, and Deputy-Governor of Beheira Governorate in 1935. Moreover, he worked as governor of Al Qalyoubiya and Faiyum and Suez Canal Zone. See also * Abaza family * Fekry Pasha Abaza * Tharwat Abaza * Egyptian literature * Arabic literature Arabic literature ( / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanal Abaza
Yanal Abaza () (born 1 May 1976) is a retired Syrian footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Syria national team between 2000 and 2002, earning 12 caps. He made four appearances in the 2002 West Asian Championship that was hosted in Syria. As well as having three separate spells with Syrian Premier League club Al-Wahda, Abaza played in the Jordan League The Jordanian Pro League () is a Jordanian professional league for men's football clubs and represents the top flight of Jordanian football. The championship consists of twelve competing teams in a home and away league system. The league was not ... for Al-Wahdat and the Syrian First Division for Al-Nidhal. Yanal is an ethnic Circassian. He retired in August 2010. References External links * 1976 births Living people Syrian men's footballers Syrian expatriate men's footballers Syrian people of Circassian descent Syrian people of Abkhazian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharwat Abaza
Tharwat Abaza (28 June 1927 – 17 March 2002) was an Egyptian journalist and novelist. His best-known novel, ''A Man Escaping from Time'', was turned into an Egyptian television series in the late 1960s, and ''A Taste of Fear'', a short story which was turned into an Egyptian film in the late 1960s. A journalist for ''Al Arabi (newspaper), Al Arabi'' newspaper was sentenced to prison for six months due to alleged defamation to Abaza. He died at the age of 74 in 2002. He was a member of the literary and aristocratic family, the Abaza family. See also * Abaza family * Fekry Pasha Abaza * Egyptian literature * Arabic literature * Circassians in Egypt References External links Egyptian Figures: Tharwat Abaza (1927-2002) 1927 births 2002 deaths Journalists from Cairo Egyptian newspaper journalists Egyptian male novelists Egyptian prisoners and detainees Arabic-language novelists 20th-century Egyptian novelists 20th-century Egyptian journalists {{Egypt-journalist-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushdy Abaza
Rushdy Saiid Bughdadi Abaza () (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at the age of 53. Rushdy Abaza is "widely considered one of the greatest names in the history of Arab cinema", with no less than 150 movies to his name. Family Rushdy Abaza was born in Sharqia, Egypt, to an Italian mother, Teresa Luigi, and an Egyptian father, Saïd Abaza, belonging to one of Egypt's most well-known families, the Abaza family, who are of maternal- Circassian heritage. He had difficulty at the start because " ctingwas not allowed in ... isaristocratic family...and his father and the entire Abaza family strongly objected ... uthe insisted." He is the best known Abaza family member and a household name in the Arab world due to the number of films he acted in that remain popular throughout the Arab world. Rushdy attended sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Abaza
Jan Abaza (born March 1, 1995) is an American former tennis player of Syrian descent. She won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On August 5, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 374. On July 20, 2015, she peaked at No. 138 in the WTA doubles rankings. Partnering Louisa Chirico, Abaza won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic, 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the 2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles, final. However, she couldn't defend her title, losing in the final a year later. ITF finals Singles (2–1) Doubles (9–7) References External links * * 1995 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from New Jersey 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fekry Abaza
Fekry Pasha Abaza (1895 – 9 February 1979) was an Egyptian journalist and democratic political activist. Early life and education Abaza was born in 1895 in the village of Kafr Abu Shehata in the East, Egypt. He was a member of the Abaza Family. He was one of the first graduates of faculty of commerce at Cairo University. Career Abaza began his journalism career by writing for the newspaper ''Al-Maiied'', and then for the newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' in 1919. He joined the National Democratic Party in 1921. Afterward, he served as an editor for the magazine '' Al-Musawar'' for two years before being promoted to editor in chief in 1926. He worked for the magazine until 1961 and occupied the position of chief editor of the monthly Egyptian magazine '' Al-Hilal'' (Crescent) for several of those years. On 18 August 1961, the Egyptian government decided to relieve him from his duties, and said that the order was made by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a result of a political articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady Abaza
Arkady Maksimovich Abaza (Абаза́ Арка́дий Макси́мович; 1843 in Sverdlikovo, Kursk Governorate – , in Kursk) was a Russian composer, journalist and pianist. He studied in St. Petersburg with Alexander Dreyschock for fortepiano and singing in the class of Camille Everardi. Later he was an associate of Hans von Bulow. He taught and was director of a music school in Sumy (1877–81) and then in Kursk (1882–1915). Among his students, at Kursk, was Nikolai Roslavets.Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook - Page 398 Larry Sitsky - 2002 "He oslavetshad lessons at Kursk with Arkady Abaza, who had been an associate of Hans von Bulow and was a journalist as well as a composer and pianist. " His most famous song is "Foggy Morning" (Утро туманное) to lyrics of Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Abaza
Aleksei Mikhailovich Abaza (; 30 April 1853 – 1915 or 3 February 1917 ) was an Imperial Russian Navy officer who achieved the rank of rear admiral. As a Royal Dignitary of Russia, he was one of the leading committee members which governed foreign affairs with an emphasis on Far Eastern issues at the beginning of the 20th century. The policies that he and his fellow committee members pursued played a significant role in causing the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Biography Ancestry Abaza was descended from a Moldovan noble family. He was born on 30 April 1853, the son of Mikhail Ageevich Abaza (1825–1859) and Alexandra Alekseevna, ''nee'' Zolotareva. Two of his father's brothers were Erast Ageevich Abaza (1819–1855), a military officer and amateur musician noted for a Russian romance he wrote that set the words of Ivan Turgenev's poem ''Misty Morning'' () to music and was killed in the Crimean War, and Alexander Ageevich Abaza (1821–1895), a statesma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Abaza
Alexander Ageevich Abaza (; 1821–1895) was a Russian politician. He was one of the most liberal advisors of Alexander II of Russia. He served as the minister of finance from October 27, 1880, to May 6, 1881, and unsuccessfully urged the tsar to transform Imperial Russia into a constitutional monarchy. After Alexander II's assassination and the accession of Alexander III, reformers like Abaza were removed from power. In his career he also served as State Comptroller (1871–1874) and as chairman of State Council's Department of the State Economy (1874–1880 and 1884–1892). He was a recipient of the Order of the White Eagle, the Order of Saint Vladimir, the Order of Saint Anna and the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Biography Alexander Abaza was born on July 24, 1821, in the Borovinsky distillery in Vyshnevolotsk County, Tver province, in the family of a major landowner and sugar refiner Aggei Vasilievich Abaza and his wife Praskovia, daughter of State Councilor Loggin Mikhailov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abazins
The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza ( Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, as a result of atrocities committed by Imperial Russia during the Circassian genocide, they live mostly in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and in Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The Tapanta ( :ru:Тапанта), a branch of the Abaza, lived between the Besleney and Kabardian princedoms on the upper Kuban. Abaza people historically speak the Abaza language, a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abkhaz, and more distantly related to the Ubykh and Circassian languages. There are two dialects of Abaza spoken in Karachay-Cherkessia: ''Ashkharua'' and ''Tapanta''. The culture and traditions of the Abazin are similar to those of the Circassians. On many old maps Abazin territory is marked as part of Circassia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
