Copy of Khoja Ahmed Yassawi's manuscript published in Kazakhstan

23 January, 15:24 1803

The great thinker and scientist Khoja Ahmet Yassawi, whose contribution to the development of humanistic values has been famous for centuries, has once again become the object of attention. The National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books of Kazakhstan has published a copy of the work of Khoja Ahmet Yassawi found in America, El.kz reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The work of the great thinker, "Risala Mirat al-Kulub", the original of which was created in the 12th century in Arabic script in the Turkic language, includes three chapters. This work emphasizes the humanistic values of justice, honesty and goodness. Experts carefully study the American copy of the 18th century, discovered in the Library of Congress in Washington, to identify all the nuances that may differ from the already known original.

"The National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books uses a variety of heritage search methods when collecting written heritage. One of them is to search the Internet for electronic versions of ancient manuscripts, rare books and maps. On foreign sites, we identify copies of important written data related to the history of Kazakhstan, and make facsimile copies," said Almat Absalykov, chief expert of the National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books.

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