Ğäbdennasír İbrahim ulı Qursawí , sometimes spelled Kursavi or Koursavi (1776–1812) was a Tatar educator and an Islam

Islam

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ic theologian or Jadidist. He was a brother of Ğäbdelxaliq Qursawí. He studied at Machkara (Malmyzhsky District

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) village madrassah and later at Mir-Arab madrassah in Bukhara

Bukhara

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. From 1794 to 1808 he was imam

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 of the mosque in Yughary Qursa village of Kazan Governorate

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, Russian Empire

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 and the headmaster of his own madrassah. His surname is, actually, a derivative of "Qursa" in Arabic manner, which means "from Qursa". He is credited with the revival of Islam (or Jadidism) among the Tatars

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, and was the author of numerous articles about religion. He died during the hajj

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and is buried in Istanbul

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.