The Global World of Tatar Book Culture

More than ever before, the Muslim cultures of Russia need a historical restart. There is still much to take inspiration from: our past conceals rich experiences, ones that could trigger the creation of new multifaceted cultural models. The movement of history inspires us to rediscover the Muslim globality alongside its linguistic plurality and openness to the wider world. In fact, staying connected to global circulation of ideas has always been part of Muslim worldview and found expression in a wide array of subjects, most notably literature. Tatar manuscripts in Persian, produced on Dutch paper with watermarks of foolscap, constitute a demonstrative example for the cosmopolitan and interconnected character of Muslim cultures in Russia. In order to find answers for questions that inflict our contemporary age and surroundings, we must first recover the questions from the past and how people engaged with them.