The Sacral Geography of Kazakhstan and Central Asia in Arabic-Script Manuscripts

Abstract

The research is aimed at the study and analytics of Arabic manuscripts in the history of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In the framework of the programs ―Spiritual places of of Central Asia‖ (―The Sacred Geography of of Central Asia‖) some of the Arabic-script manuscripts about the sacred historical places of Kazakhstanand Central Asia, with a description of the most interesting facts and events associated with them, have been investigated. Meanwhile, most of the Arabic-script monuments, containing various and significant information on the history of certain our cities and regions from ancient times to the early modern age, are still unresearched. Therefore, historians of Central Asia will have to study the Arab sources in fully. Every historian not only of Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries are acutely aware of this responsibility. Because they specifically understand that all historical data of medieval Central Asia have been preserved in this language.