Turkmen Literacy and Turkmen Identity before the Soviets: the Ravnaq al-Islām in Its Literary and Social Context

Abstract Despite assertions of almost universal illiteracy among pre-Revolutionary Turkmens, an examination of the widely popular maktab primer, the Ravnaq al-Islām, shows that literacy among Turkmens before 1917 was substantially higher than previously thought. Additionally, the work and legends su...

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Main Author: Frank, Allen J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2020
In: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2020, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-315
Further subjects:B maktab
B Turkmen
B Literacy
B Orality
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