One of the genealogies of the famous Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, who sowed the seeds of Sufism in Namangan, Uzbekistan, within the framework of the scientific expedition “In the footsteps of Yasawi” organized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Historical and Cultural Reserve Museum “Azret Sultan”. and a seal bearing the names of eleven shaykhs known to the Islamic world.
A descendant of Yasawi, the scholar Sharifkhuzhayev Ibrahimzhan, who has a valuable legacy in the history of Ahmet Yasawi, is in the hands of Haji Ibrahimzhan. 98-year-old Ibrahimzhan Aksakal is a native of Turkestan. Ahmet Yasawi lived near the mausoleum. At a time when atheistic attitudes toward religious beliefs were at an all-time low, many pious people in Turkestan were persecuted, their books burned, and they went through difficult times. This ivory was a severe blow to the descendants of Ahmet Yassavi. That’s why Ikramzhan, who lost his father early, and his mother fled to Namangan when he was 10 years old. We also saw a lot of difficulties in Namangan to preserve the genealogy and seal passed down from parents to children, – recalled the old man.
“My father was buried in Turkestan, and my mother is in Namangan. It was not easy for us here either. My mother and I had the main duty to preserve the legacy we inherited from our parents. We hid in the dark and were buried in ditches and inconspicuous places. Underground.” “Some of the parts of the genealogy have changed color and started to rot. I dreamed of handing over this deposit to the place where my grandfather lived,” said Ibrahimzhan Haji.
The Nasabnama version found in Namangan is written in the Chagatai language. Length – 2.5 meters. It is still unknown to which century the heritage belongs. In the future, the State Historical and Cultural Reserve-Museum “Azret Sultan” will conduct a comprehensive study of the data on the genealogy.
Not only in Namangan, but also in the whole republic, the great scientist Ibrahimzhan aksakal’s eight sons and three daughters became a great dynasty.
“My sons and daughters are happy to say that they are descendants of Hodja Ahmed Yassavi. My eldest son learned theology and continued my research,” said the old man.
Ikramzhan Haji opened a small museum dedicated to Hodja Ahmed Yasawi and Turkestan in one room of his house. The museum has a copy and seal of the genealogy of Yasawi’s genealogy, as well as pictures and books about Turkestan.
Within the framework of the program articles of the President Nursultan Nazarbayev “Focus on the Future: Spiritual Revival”, “Seven Edges of the Great Steppe”
The scientific-expeditionary project “In the footsteps of Yasawi” will be continued in Tashkent in order to comprehensively study, search and pass on to future generations the data and heritage of Hodja Ahmed Yasawi.
