Manuscript Funds Available For The Public At Ufa National Library

Unique Handwritten Books From the Library Funds exhibition was officially opened at Ahmed Zaki Validi National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

According to Aigul Yaparova, Press-secretary of the library, the first part of the exhibition is compiled of handwritten notebooks written in the 19th century by Gali Sokroi, a famous Bashkir religious figure, poet and educator. Eight notebooks of the educator reflect his activities in different genres: epistolary, poetry, prose and journalism.

The second section of the exhibition presented 12 manuscripts of the 19th century in the language old Turkic: religious munazhat, instructive hikayat and manuscripts on trainings; the Arab-Turkic Radiant Dictionary; Muhammadiyah, a collection of poetry dedicated to the Prophet Muhammad written by Muhammad Chalabi; a shakird’s notebook of Madrasa in Sterlibashevo that includes students’ records. The exposition is also decorated with manuscripts of historical value: poetical works by Alisher Navoiy, Ummi Kamal and Muhammad Chalabi.

Manuscript Funds Available For The Public At Ufa National Library

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