Thesaurus of Islamic Literacy and Scribes of Russia

Arab-Muslim scholars had come up with a well-developed system of classification of sciences (from the Middle Ages and Abu Nasr al-Farabi and to Hajji Khalifa in 17 c. in the Ottoman Turkey). Later attempts have been made to create bio-bibliographic collections of Muslim scholars in Russia, primarily in the Volga region and Dagestan (by Sh. Marjani, R. Fakhreddin, Nadir al-Durgeli). Recently, the process of cataloguing the rich manuscript heritage kept in state and private collections in our country has accelerated significantly. Despite the fact that this cataloging and the accompanying digitization process are still far from complete, it is possible to see a unified space of Muslim culture in our country’s history. Such unity, manifested in a shared, close written culture, has not been fully appreciated. This is due to the fragmentation of materials: texts copied by one person can be found in repositories in several cities in the Russia and other countries. The same applies to many prominent authors. The “Thesaurus of Islamic Literacy and Scribes of Russia: electronic version” (work on the project is currently underway) in the form of an electronic database, will compile data on numerous monuments, collections, scribes, madrasas, authors of original works and translations, as well as on major centers of manuscript production in Dagestan, Crimea, the Volga-Ural region, Siberia. The Thesaurus will reflect the dynamic exchange of knowledge and texts between the Russian Empire, neighboring Islamic regions, and countries, emphasizing the cultural and religious unity of Russia’s Muslim communities through the interconnection between the written cultures

Cataloging · Cultural heritage · Digitization · Islam · Literacy · Muslim world · Thesaurus · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

• Writings of Dagestani authors in Arabic language in the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences

  Open Access•Alikber K Alikberov, Ilona A Chmilevskaya•Orientalistica•2024

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• Sh. Marjani’s “Wafi yat al-’Aslaf” as a Monument of Arabo-Islamic Culture

  Open Access•A N Yuzeev•Islam in the modern world•2021

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