“Our ancestors did a great deal to preserve and pass down the knowledge of the nation’s glorious history to us. The duty of the current generation is to ensure it is handed down to the next, and so on,” stated the National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, during a working meeting, as reported by Turkmenistan.gov.tm.
In this regard, meticulous work is underway in Turkmenistan to study, preserve, and promote the nation’s historical values and literary heritage on the global stage. A significant contribution to this effort is the new work by Hero-Arkadag, Hakyda Göwheri, which explores the impact of Magtymguly Pyragy’s writings on universal values, the nation's glorious history, and the contribution of Turkmen culture to world civilization.
Scientists from the Institute of Language, Literature, and National Manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan also play a vital role in the large-scale work of studying and preserving national cultural heritage. In the Year of “The Treasury of Wisdom of Magtymguly Pyragy,” they returned from research expeditions across several countries in Asia and Europe with hundreds of copies of historical documents and manuscripts related to Magtymguly Pyragy’s creative legacy, as well as the history, literature, art, and traditions of the Turkmen people.
Recently, Amandurdy Nuraev and Guichmyrat Changliyev, employees of the Institute, returned from a research trip to the United Kingdom, conducted from November 2 to November 23. They explored the catalogs of book and manuscript collections in the British Library - the national library of the United Kingdom, which houses over 170 million items - and the John Rylands Research Institute and Library in Manchester, known for its unique collection of rare historical sources. The researchers examined manuscripts related to the history, culture, and art of the Turkmen people, focusing on discovering manuscripts previously unknown to Turkmen scholars and never brought to Turkmenistan before.
As a result of their efforts, the scientists brought back electronic copies of 107 valuable manuscripts, including Diwan by Magtymguly Pyragy and works related to the history of the Turkmen people by Hussein Bayqara, Mane-baba, Anwari, Alisher Navoi, Fuzuli, Abdurahman Jami, Lutfi, and other renowned authors. Additionally, they acquired electronic copies of scholarly works containing fascinating information about Turkmen history, culture, and traditions, as well as copies of works by many celebrated Eastern poets.
These newly acquired historical sources will enable scholars to conduct a more profound and comprehensive study of Magtymguly Pyragy’s creative legacy.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
November 27, 2024