A r t i c l e s

Sorby, Karol: Iraq under the Reign of Faysal II (1953-1958), p. 1
Zouplna, Jan: “State-forming Zionism” and the Precedent for Leadership – T. Herzl, V. Jabotinsky and D. Ben-Gurion, p. 28
Drozdíkova, Jarmila: Impact of a Book, p. 50
Hudec, Jozef: The Egyptological Collection of the Former Royal Catholic College in Bratislava, p. 62
Deák, Dušan: A Dark Age in Medieval Maharashtra? An Essay in Interreligious Understanding, p. 73
Rumánek, Ivan R. V.: Phonetic Fusions in Japanese, p. 81
Rácova, Anna: On the Possessive Form with the Affix –ker- in Romani, p. 104

B o o k R e v i e w s

Shen Weirong: Leben und historische Bedeutung des ersten Dalai Lama dGe dun grub pa dpal bzang po (1391-1474). Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der dGe lugs pa-Schule und der Institution der Dalai Lamas. By Martin Slobodnik, p. 114
Zhamkotchian, A.S.: Vnov identifitsirovannye i neopublikovannye fragmenty arabskix versiy Samaritanskogo Pyatiknizhiza iz sobraniya Rossiyskoi natsionalnoi biblioteki – SPb. By Ladislav Drozdik, p. 116

ABSTRACTS

IRAQ UNDER THE REIGN OF FAYSAL II (1953-1958)

Karol SORBY,
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

This study treates the last phase of the Hashimite monarchy In Iraq, where from 1941 until the 1958 revolution, Nuri as-Sacid Pasha either headed or controlled most government coalitions. After World War II he tried to make a long term agreement with Great Britain by means of a new Anglo-Iraqi Treaty but so vehement were public demonstrations against it that the treaty was never ratified. The Arab defeat in Palestine war of 1948 had serious political and economic repercussions in Iraq. The defeat gave the regime the opportunity to impose martial law on the country. Nuri as-Sacid continued his traditional pro-British policy and, in 1955, aligned Iraq with the Western defence system through the Baghdad Pact, extending British military privileges in the country. Failures in domestic affairs were matched by foreign policy failures. The new alliance with the West – achieved through relentless domestic suppression – only served to intensify the desire for independence and the nationalist sentiments. The opposition succeeded in bringing the regime down in 1958.

„STATE-FORMING ZIONISM“ AND THE PRECEDNT FOR LEADERSHIP – T. HERZL, V. JABOTINSKY AND D. BEN-GURION

Jan ZOUPLNA
The Oriental Institute, the Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod vodárenskou vezí 4, Praha 8, 182 08, Czech Republic

The three dominant Zionist politicians (Herzl, Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion) differed significantly almost in all aspects. The ideological legacy left behind by Herzl was either largely ignored or freely interpreted. His stature as an inviolable symbol of the Zionist movement offered an additional outlet, however. V. Jabotinsky, by a self-declared adherence to this legacy, tried to justify and legitimise his own ostracised trend and turn it into a legal successor of Herzlian Zionism. The interpretation of Herzl he proposed was not left untouched by his own ideas that had not much in common with Herzl himself. Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion are mostly perceived as major antagonists of the pre-state era. All three men shared, however, some similar viewpoints as well. Their preference of a common goal (defined either as a national, state or collective interest) over particularistic values and the authoritarian style of leadership combined with some democratic norms and values demonstrate clearly certain amount of affinity existing among them on issues that are in no way marginal.

IMPACT OF A BOOK

Jarmila DROZDÍKOVÁ
Záhrebská 6, 811 05, Bratislava, Slovakia

The aim of the study is to identify the areas of scholarship where Professor Edward Said´s work Orientalism (1978) has laid foundations for new forms of enquiry or where new approaches are being formulated replacing those seriously undermined by the book. The first category covers the production of what is referred to as ´postcolonial studies´, the second deals with the attempts to find an alternative to orientalism.

THE EGYPTOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF THE FORMER ROYAL CATHOLIC COLLEGE IN BRATISLAVA

Jozef HUDEC
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

The contribution is focused on the history of the former Royal Catholic College collection of the Ancient Egyptian antiquities, in particular form the late 19th century to the present. The mummified head of a man is the only known preserved part of the collection.

„A DARK AGE IN MEDIEVAL MAHARASHTRA? AN ESSAY IN INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING

Dušan DEÁK
Department of Ethnology, UCM Trnava, nám. J. Herdu 2, Trnava, Slovakia

History of medieval Deccan is marked by the political dominance of Muslims. Ethnically incoherent ruling Muslim nobility participated in the creation of the kingdom of Bahmanis with the assistance of the indigenous aristocracy. The process of establishment of the independent regional state is often viewed negatively by local authors. This paper aims to show the inadequacy of such standpoint using the example of the theory named “The Dark Age of Marathi Literature”.

PHONETIC FUSIONS IN JAPANESE

Ivan R.V. RUMÁNEK
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

The study concentrates on the phonetic fusions in Japanese, which is a feature typical of flective languages. It also poses the question whether the inflective features are relics of more ancient phases of the language or rather of the recent : What is the tendency, from inflective to agglutinative or vice versa, and is fusion in Japanese declining or developing?

ON THE POSSESSIVE FORM WITH THE AFFIX -KER- IN ROMANI

Anna RÁCOVÁ
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

In Romani studies literature, the form with the affix -ker- -ger- is regarded as the genitive form of nouns or as possessive adjective. On the basis of analysis of the views of various authors and analysis of Romani texts, we came to the conclusion that the given form needs to be regarded as a possessive adjective.