Ph.d. in history. Ramazanly Hasanaga Khanhasan

Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan Republic Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography.

 

Historical information and prerequisites for development of faience handicrafts in North Azerbaijan

 

         Analyzing regularities of development of  technico-technological factors traces back to information on  production of faience earthenware in the northern towns of Azerbaijan. In this information  there are reflections of chronological frames,  development of construction  engineering, metallurgic and glass productions, alliance of technical and technological methods and historical, geographical and social conditions, factors on level of  faience earthenware production handicrafts.

         In antique sources [1], written monuments of Oriental peoples there are extremely inconsistent but very important materials on deposit a of clay and exploitation of mineral resources.

         Sources of the late early medieval period [3] inform that  potters manufactured different precious royal vessels of above-stated clays and minerals (4-23, 2-70, 3-152, 40157). These handicrafts wares were decorated with gold, ailver and other precious stones, and these facts were corroborated not only by geological data but also by written sources information.

         How can we interpret "The History of Agvans", the words "different royal vessels", etc.? Could an historical imply faience earthenware under "different royal vessels"? Are the opinions of T.M.Mamedov [5], S.B.Ashurbeyli [6] and F.J.Mamedova [7] about the  beginning of faience earthenware production in North Azerbaijan  in VII-VIII century indisputable?

         "Ascending stage of feudalism" with its possibilities, conditions and self generating  reasons [8-7] is considered to be "a stage of invasions in breadth and depth ideology and technology". At this period there was a rapid growth of productive forces, mining and different handicrafts in the countries of the Middle East. That is why historians, missionaries and naturalists tried to establish stage  by stage connections of caliphate with the countries  of Adjam. Among them were Arabian and Persian scholars - travelers Kabir ibn Hayyan (9-427, 20-214), Abu Iskhak Ibragim ibn Muhammad a al-Farisi al-Istahri [10], Abu-l Kasem ibn Haukal Shams ad-Din Abu Bark al-Mukaddasi [11]. Besides limited information on handicrafts and productive forces, there are in the sources a lot of quite new facts, methods of output, preparation, purification, dissolution, filtration, crystallization, evaporation, distillation of metals and  different  clays of mineral origin.

         Scholor-chemist Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya ar-Razi (12, 27-36) rote about 19 works of great interest for study of handicraft chemistry and ceramic productions. The most important of them are "Code of twelve treatises", "Books of secrets" and "Book of mystery of mysteries" [13]. In his works ar-Razi divides chemical substances into 4 categories: a) vegetable; b) organic; c) derivative; d) mineral. Derivative and mineral substances are more frequently used  in faience production. In ar-Razi's opinion, mineral substances are numerous and include 6 sections: 1. alcohols, 2. bodies, 3. stohes, 4. vitriol’s, 5. borax, 6. salts. It should be noted that a body of faience earthenware consists of the yeast of these six components: namely, combination of these components was the  basis of faience production development in North Azerbaijan too.

         Nomenclature of chemical substances and methods of theirtransformations worked out by Greek and Arabian chemists still in the VII-XIV centuries was used by some peoples of the Orient, including North Azerbaijan (14-452). "Book of mystery of mysteries" technically and reproductionally relates to the section of statement works, special works-manuscripts; formally it relates to originals; as official or personal document it enters a list of scientific-technical and popular literature. From the point of view of historiography this "Book" relates to special summary. Ar-Razi expounds no the whole history and practice of metal and mineral  clays technology of his time. The fifth chapter tells about calcinations of lead and tin (carried out uorigth near hearth), 3 methods of calcinations of glass and salt are described. The sixth chapter narrates about dissolution and softening of solid and soft bodien, hare ar-Razi presents a recipe of "clay of wisdom" or so called "white clay" (1.8a-9b; 162b, 1.35ab) for production of various  crucibles for metals, glasses, etc. A "faience" word is found in 1.158a of the given work. In their works Abu-r Reyhan Biruni [15] and Abu Ali al-Huseyn ibn Abdallah ibn Sina [16] elucidate questions of dissoluble alums and clays suitable for production of various (faience) colored glazed earthenware in the IX-XI centuries.

         It is known that in all heroic eposes courage and patriotism are in the centre of narration. "Kitabi Dede Korkud", heroic Oghus epos, is notable for its ambivalence. Ruled by the idea that "the world for medieval man is two-dimensional  and dual" the epos composers served their time and their own people. Let us consider one line  of the text: a stone crumbled like a meal [18-16]. Here we see, firstly, strength of people and some of his heroes; secondly, from the point of view of technology, composition and structure of complex ceramic (faience) earthenware are clearly and skillfully described here.

         River quartz sands are the best in the technology of faience earthenware production, during faience baking they are most deformed. Being pure and transparent these sands consist mainly of homogeneous particles and have a high degree of regeneration [20-37]. During  baking wares of vein sads are lesser deformed. In our opinion, Oghuzes, in complex technological  productions, used pure vein sads and, as it is said in the text, they "turned a stone  into clay" [21-57].

         Representatives of practical chemistry of handicraft character of Azerbaijan - Abu-l Fazl Hubaysh ibn Ibragim Tiflisi [22] (XII c.) and Masir ad-Din Tusi Abu Jafar Ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Abu bakr [23] - elucidate key questions associated with monuments of people's everyday chemistry, applied technology and handicrafts. They inform us about enamel production, recipes of were production from the so called "clay of wisdom". Their works deal with questions associated with theory and practice of  medieval chemical-technological production arts [24–79].

         "Description of handicrafts" [25] by Hubaysh Tiflisi is the earliest example of handicraft chemistry in Azerbaijan, it is a treatise elucidating questions of technics and  technology of ceramic (faience) handicrafts. The fifth  chapter of the treatise is devoted to the recipes of coloring of lustres. Unfortunately, in the chapters IV and V Ibragim Tiflisi dives no description of technological process of glaze production.

         "Jaqahir-name" by Nasir ad-Din Tusi [26-31] is one  of the  most important medival reatises on minerology  of Azerbaikan of great historical significance. Deacribing 34 kinde of minerals, the author briefly characterizes phisico-mechanical and chemical properties of each mineral used in everyday life. For that purpose he uses detailed acale of  colors, brilliancy, solidity, transparency,  specific weight, fire testing, etc.

         Closely connected with the West and the East in the XII-XIV centuries, Khagani Shirvant in  his works [27], Nizami Gyndjevi in his "Hamse" and Mas'ud ibn Namdar [29] gave descriptions of various metallic oxides, recipes, building materials and clay (faience) ware  productions.

         "Collection of annals" by Faslallah Abu-l Hayr Rashid ad-Din Hamadani (XIII-XIV c.) called at-Tabib [30-62] is one the most significant written monuments in Azerbaijan. The book includes stories about everyday  social-economic  life of that period. The second part of the "annals" is devoted to Khulagu Khan-at the end of his reign, sending Ataga Khan to Khorasan, granting regions to amirs  and valis, causes of his disease and death. Rashid ad-Din (1/91) metions "clay of wiadom" of which faience ware were made. "Collection  on annals" is considered to be a source of common character, the author tells about the development of handocraft workshops and the activity of professional masters who manufactured coppers. In  the Middles Ages large vessels, or so called "coppers" were manufactured usually of clay. Rashid ad-Din adds that such coppers were made of "clay of wisdom"

         Manufacturing ceramic wares (including faience) by medieval masters depended upon various factors, main of which were different types, existence of abundant natural resources and a level of economic and cultural development of the given  territory population. In the light of stated one may suppose that to produce local highly artistic polychrome faience a  minimum of  objective and subjective facture of specific features  (general, internal and ezternal)  recurred, namely:

1.Rich koalin-fireprof and bentonite clays.

2. Non-clayed materials of mineral and organic  origin possessing stickness and certain plastic properties.

3. Presence of local fuel.

4. Technical and technological methods of manufacturing  and baking.

5. Geographic location and state of cities.

6. Trade and cultural ties with countries-producers of faience wares.

         In the VII-VIX centuries pottery in Azerbaijan achieved its highest level of development favored by raw materials presence of highly qualitative, casilly melt, primary and secondary kaolin-fireproof clays of the Caucasuc Minor [31]. It may be used about  deposits of the Gyandja-tchay and Koshgartchay rivers [32], Zaglick, Kysyladjin, Getashen, Gotul, Karamurand, Shahbuz, Bala-Kulfin, Tohardahly places [33] and bentonits of North-Eastern mountainouse regions of the Caucanus Minor [34], Shemakha-Kobustan and Apsheron mines [35-37].

         Important step ahead towards the stage of intensive development of complex ceramic handicrafts was made in Azerbaijan after the appenarance of decorated ceramics. It appeared to be one  of the major subjective factors of production of the local glazed, glass and artistic faience wares. Accumulation of numerous  wares of Mediterranean masters: glass beads, various ornaments  of Egyptian faience created real conditions for enririching technological and physico-thermic processes of production, arising anghobyring traditions and so on. Production of silicate  beads, hangers, little amulets discovered in great qualities in  the cities of preislamic period also played a great part in the  process of formation of ceramic-faience production. A.Lukas points  out that glassy connecting substances played undoubtedly major  part in the formation of new kind of ceramic production – faience  [36] witnessing a desire to luxury, broad range of trade,  similarity of tastes and so on. Accounted show that  technical and technological  successes achieved by the end of the first millennium B.C., and the appearance of poured ceramic wares gave new impetus to development of artistic creativeness and revealed wide perspectives to achieve final end of faience wares  production. Construction of furnaces of caolin-fireproot clayss with various  admixtures favoured intensive development of metallurgic and  ceramic production of Azerbaijan. S.M.Kaziyev [37], O.Sh.Ismizade [38], G.M.Akhmedov [39], G.A.Giddy [40], F.A.Ibragimov [41],  K.G.Aliyev (42), A.B.Nuriyev [43], M.M.Aliyev and M.A.Kashkay [44] point out that exploitation of high-grade clays, quartzites and Island feldopar necessary for pottery started from the  oldest times. Unfortunately, chemical and mineralogical  composition of bricks made of smelting baking furnaces solution of  different periods has not yet been studied. Some investigators  disregarding mineralogical composition and physic-mechanical properties of  brick-work  solutions and locations of kaoline-fireroaf clays deposite deny production of faience wares in the medieval cities of Azerbaijan. Foundation part of Kabala and Karasankal (Khanlar region) ceramic furnaces of the IX-X centuries, according to chemical and technological analysis, were filled with rubble of kaoline-fireproof clay. Outward side of Walla of these archlike soured furnaces was coated with knoblike of feldspar rock admixtures.  When laying chamotte-bricks, kaoline-fieproof local  clays changing no their properties from high temperatures  affect up to 13300C and higher served  as a binding material [40-43]. Archaeological   material which was chemically analysed is similar to mineralogical composition of stated deposits. As is known, traditional methods form where there is sufficient quantity of necessary material [46-45]. High-temperature thermal regime within the limited  of 700-10000C [47-52] and higher [48] was achived [49–57] owing to a furnace with open flame, powerful draught [50–36]. This  process was a final stage in local faience sarthenware production. Z.M.Buniyatov  notes that foccils output was carried out at places where there at present  minerals and metals are mined. From eneolithic epoch non-plastic materials with inert  fillers of mineral  origin were  used in all kinds of ceramic wares as admixturebinder. As a result of analyses of ceramics found in settlement  and funeral monuments from bronze epoch to  developed Middle Ages it was established that is bindeng means there were used  astrinhent materials of different kinds: gypsum, lime, alabaster,  marble, olay-gypsum, salt, natural soda, alum, egg-white, bass-wax, resin, starch, blood, milk, curds,  etc. insuring mechanical firmness of  wares. In the beginning of developed  Middle Ages plastic clays were used as binder for quartz and fire-proof materials beging the  basis of faience wares. Archaeological and ethnographic observations demonstrated  that natural solid non-heatproof masses (more than 300 kinds of arboreous and shrub sorts, such as: oriental oak, taragatch, Kakh and Eldar pine-tree, archap, nut-tree (59–9–45, 83) counseled mostly of carbon and renewing kinds of fuel that were  used in the ancient times in everyday life and for chemical works. Perhaps, intensive use of Eldar pine-tree for burning ceramic wares and building houses and constructing [53] ships led to its mass destruction [54]. It was established that when controlling furnace process one may achive  great thermal effect on the condition that there is a little quantity of pine firing. It  seem that when firing faience wares masters-artisane of Azerbaijan knew  the secrets of regulating of air input into the furnace aiming at obtaining carbon dioxide (CO2) to balance burning operation on the whole.

                Ancient traditions in the production of artistic  ceramics in the cities of Azerbaijan developed further preserving their originality, style, characteristic features and forming various artistic schools. In the discovered ceramic-faience wares there  are peculaur features of technological and artistic distinctions of various schools.  In the process of historical development these  schools succeeded in realizing their innermost feelings, moral and  aesthetic ideals in unsurpassed ceramic vessels, spilendid architectural constructions, articles of decorative-applied arts and original miniatures; all this met social, economic, climatic  conditions, production engineering, level of civil engineering works  and ethiils  traditions.

         Since the beginning of developed Middle ages the role of Baylagan, Baku, Gyandja, Barda, Shamkhor, Kabala, Shalakha, Shabran and other towns as a link and trans-shipping  point between the two greatest world cultural and religious centers. International trade paths linking Azerbaijan, with eastern Slavs, Syria, Iraq, Central and Minor Asia, Eastern Europe, Baltic states, Scandinavia and the  Far East ran as cross  these towns. Merchants came to trade here, captives, whole tribes and peoples crossed  these places, dissatisfied and fugitives from the  East and the West  took refuge. Using comparative and chemical analysis of mass  archeological material and, faience in particular, one may find  technical and technological contacts of artisans, traces of their  migration. Besides, countries and peoples of this  region developed in terms of constant cultural contacted and trade exchanges. Artisans exported to distrant lands a big variety of goods and also that of  articles manufactured by other artisans.  Exchange of knowledge and experience was still more  important for them. Therefore, they were customers of literature and spreaders of alchemical treatises, and they popularized new technical methods, traditions and achievements of the peoples of these lands to produce such goods at places.

         Artisans and merchants from the cities of Azerbaijan  went on mutually beneficial  trade with the countries-producers of  faience. In these countries trey sold saffron, paints, madder [56–25],  ceramic earthenware [57], handicrafte [58] and mineral raw material. Simultaneously Iranian, Syrian, Greek, Egyptian, Chinese and Indian  masters-artisans could get acquainted with original  handocraft traditions of Azerbaijan cities; some of them even settled down here. The documents demonstrate that artisans, born at one place, but trading at another one, took important place in the economic life of the country. Thorough analysis of faience wares from the cities of Azerbaijan allows to make some  conclusions not only about the character and possibility of ceramic-faience handicrafts in the medieval cities but discovers unrevealed  traces of technological capacity of medieval masters – ceramists.

At present some investigators taking  on  into  account rapid economic growth of the pre- and post-Islamic epoch are inclined to think that if there are no any sources on some branches of  production, such as faience manufacture, then it is impossible to insist on its local origin. A discovery of no deformed refined faience wares in archaeological excavations of towns is tied up in  an ungrounded stamp “imported”. Functionality of each new  everyday article of the Middle Ages is to be considered in integral whole with its social and economic nuances.

         A more complex and at the same time correct method is needed for the study of information and facts at present, that is the expansion of possibilities of integrated sciences.

 

 

 

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Address: Az1143, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku-143, prospect 115. Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan Republic Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography.

Ramazanly Hasanaga Khanhasan  ogly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Археологические методы 60-70-х годов, основывающихся на полуфактах не отвечают современным требованиям воспроизводству процессах древних фаянсовых производств. Когда ставится вопрос об  использовании фаянсовых изделий в глубокий древности и о производстве  их  в первой фазе первого периода, третей  технической революции мнение специалистов - общественников по этому поводу вопросу  разделяются. некоторые из них обвиняют народ в неуменение и в замктности. Создаются искусственная Путаница в логика - психологический  настройке разработанной А.Н.Луком.

 

Ключевые слова: археология, производство, фаянс ремесленники, путаница, логика-психологические.

 

Введение

         Чтобы полностью раскрыть суть идеи сложных технологических, археологических артефактов, таких как фаянс, одновременно параллельно нужно исследовать логику и психику древних средневековых мастеров - ремесленников;  надо глубже проникать в указанную производственно деятельность  средство удовлетворения внешний потребности человека.

 

Заключение

         Для производства фаянсовых изделиях безусловно требуется союз "Объеденной" и местной  деятельности - то есть интеграция внутренних и внешних  теории и опыта. К сожалению, пока не изучены  полностью проблемы принципов периодизации развития  керамико-фаянсовых производств Северного Азербайджана и цикл процесса причин одновременное появление местных фаянсовых изделий в начале III тысячелетию до н.э.

 

 

 

 

Summary

The existence of distinctive applied art of faience manufacture in Azerbaijan mey be considered as one of highly interesting and valuable contributions of our people into the treasury of world applied art.  Manufacture of faience in Azerbaijan relate to the  most ancient traditions, it has been developing  within last five millenniums due to   titanic creative acuity of the population of our  country. However in contemporary conditions in view  of material   difficulties the original pieces of faience reflecting the rich, Varied, Philosophical, artistic intimae word of the manufactures vied their place to half-cina produced by industrial whey. 

 

Introduction

         Faience manufactured in North Azerbaijan since epoch of Eneolithes (III millennium b.c. till a.d. XIV  millennium but it have study in Azerbaijan archaeological  science yet. During the centuries these manufactured articles were considered to be "Writes of art". But the existence of traditional  ceramics, emergence of the  newest scientific integration in  some extent changed attitude to these items, put faience in harmony of natural and economic factors in a field on a large shale. 

 

Conclusions

         Revealing thorough analysis scientific estimation of archaeological, historical fasts reflecting the ancient history of Azerbaijan, acguainstanse of the community of world Peoples with the cultural achievements of  Azerbaijan  people is the most haly duty of the historians archaeologists, ethnographers of our country,  which since the end of the XX century took the path  of independent, palitical, economic and cultural  development.