V.1 Arabic script Kazakh text
V.2 English translation.
The English translation of the full text of Saduaqas Ghïlmani's biographical dictionary "The Islamic Scholars of Our Times" makes available to a broader public the most extensive andimportant Islamicbiographical collection publishedin Kazakhstan andoneof the most significant compositionsof Islamic scholarship produced in the former Soviet Union.
The workcompiledduringthe Brezhneveraprovidesbiographicalentrieson 39 major Kazakh Muslim scholarsactivein northern Kazakhstan from thelate 19th Century to the 1970s andoffersunparalleledinsights into Kazakh Muslim society andintellectual lifebefore andduringthe Soviet era. The edition includes an extensive introduction notes and indices.