Number

Publication: 01.01.2021

Content

Author(s) Pages

 CONTENTS

Editorial

11

 HISTORICAL STUDIES AND ARCHАEOLOGY

 ANCIENT EGYPT

A Note about the Boat in the Representationism of Pre-Pharaonic Egypt: “Metaphorical Concept” or Means of Transportation?

12-24

Ceramic Complex of the Late Old Kingdom — First Intermediate Period from the Tomb of Perinedju in Giza: New Data on the Functioning of the Ancient Egyptian Necropolis in the 22nd–21st Centuries B.C.

25-39

“A Place Where Prayers Are Obeyed”: An Alternative Interpretation of Ptah’s Epithet

40-55

Comparative Analysis of the Mummy Cartonnage from the Tomb of Perseneb in Giza Necropolis (Egypt)

56-65

 PAX MONGOLICA

Tiflis Puls of Berdibek Khan (758–760 A.H.)

66-76

Arab-Persian Sources on the Accession of Khwarezmshah Jalal Ad-Din Mankburny to the Throne

77-88

 ORIENTAL MENTALITY

The Ways of Japanese Painting

89-103

 ORIENT ET OCCIDENT

Prester John: Deconstructing the Legend

104-116

Charles Murrey and Mirza Hashem-Khan’s Case: The Problem of casus belli for Anglo-Iranian War of 1856–1857

117-128

 RUSSIA AND ORIENT

Andrew Balakin, Murid of the Indian Sufi

129-140

To the 125th Anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Union Treaty. Interview with Prince Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky, 19.01.2021

141-149

Soviet-Egyptian Arms Deal of 1955

150-161

 PHALERISTICA ORIENTALIA

Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma — The Indonesian Order for Cultural Merits

162-176

 TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTS

O ̅ta Gyu̅ichi. «Shinchō-kō ki». Book XIII (Russian Translation with Comments). Part I

177-195

Travel to the East Indies (The Diary of Maria Dorothea Ziegenbalg, Nee Salzman)

196-213

 HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES

 DISCUSSION

At-Turki M. Challenges to Russia in Its Regional Environment (The Analysis of the Iranian Factor)

214-217

 POLITICAL CONFLICT STUDIES

On Jihadist Groups in the Sahel Zone and the Balance of Power

218-224

Idlib in Syrian Conflict (2011–2020)

225-237

 POLITICS OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Parliament Elections in Egypt in 2020

238-243

The Issue of Jewish Refugees from Arab States, Iran and Turkey in the Context of the Middle East Peace Process

244-258

 ACADEMIC EVENTS

 CHRONICLES OF CONFERENCES

Review of the International Conference “Tibetology and Buddhology at the Intersection of Science and Religion”

259-271

 GRATULATORIA

To the Jubilee of Elena L. Katasonova

272-275

 IN MEMORIAM

Dimitry D. Vasiliev (1946–2021)

276

In Loving Memory of a Friend. Dimitry D. Vasiliev

277