Sulaymān Bāḳirghānī in the Culture of the Volga Tatars: The Phenomenon of the “Bāḳirghān kitābī”
Journal: Musicologist
Year: 2022

The name of the Central Asian mystic Sulaymān Bāḳirg̲h̲ānī/Ḥakīm Ata and the literary legacy attributed to him were well-known among the Tatar Muslims of the Volga region in Russia until the middle of the 20th century. A representative of the Yasawiyya tariqat that in the past was widespread among the Tatars, he was venerated as a saint and as an author of many popular poems. The recitation of these texts became a part of ’the book chanting’ /kitap köyläp uqu/ tradition. A special place in this