The biography of islamic scholars online free

his book contains a valuable scholarly work relating to Central Asian Muslim scholarship which is part of the cultural history of Kazakh society and Kazakh Islamic culture.

The work titled Zamanïmïzda bolghan ghŭlamalardïng ömĭr tarikhtarï (Biographies of the Scholars of Our Times) authored by Saduaqas Ghïlmani (1890-1972), a prominent Kazakh scholar, is presented here in Arabic script Kazakh text and English translation of its original manuscript.

This is a biographical encyclopedia of Kazakh ‘ulama’ and therefore a remarkable reference on Islamic culture in Central Asia.

Central Asia is one of the regions where Islam spread early, in the 7th-8th centuries AD, interacting productively with other local traditions and cultures.

The multi-ethnic make-up and diversity of languages and cultures, the location of the region on the historical Silk Road, together with Islam’s encouragement of science and learning, all this contributed to th