ACADEMICIAN B.E. KUMEKOV'S SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF ARABIC STUDIES IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to consider the phenomenon of the scientific school of Arabic studies created by Academician B.E. Kumekov in Kazakhstan. The main directions of the work are to study the contribution of the Arabist's students to the development of domestic oriental studies. The scientific novelty of the work is that this is the first special study in historical science devoted to the consideration of the first scientific school in Kazakh Arabic studies, created by Professor B.E. Kumekov. The research methodology is based on the historiographical approach using the methods of historiographical research: the method of identifying scientific trends and the method of identifying scientific schools. The main scientific results are as follows: the Mamluk-Kipchak issues, thanks to the mentor B.E. Kumekov, became the main topic of scientific research by Arabists K. Saki and B. Batyrsha-uly. The academician's students managed to find out that the rulers of the Kipchak-Mamluks in the person of Sultan Baibars and his successors were able to preserve the Kipchak culture in the state. The works of Z.S. Ilyasova and R.B. Kumekova made it possible to introduce into scientific circulation the most valuable information on the historical and cultural heritage of the Kazakh steppe, to study the historical geography of the territory of Kazakhstan in the medieval era. The first scientific school of professional Arabists in historical science makes an important contribution to the development of domestic Arabic studies, continuing the scientific research of the leader. An important feature of the scientific school of Arabists is the use of Arabic sources not as an end in itself, but as a means for studying the historical and cultural heritage of Kazakhstan.