The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. III,
No. 1
THE VOCABULARY OF A BYELORUSSIAN TATAR KITAB IN THE
BRITISH MUSEUM
by Shirin Akiner
...The
contents of this Kitab are typical of the genre as
a whole. It contains a variety of apocryphal legends
and anecdotes, scientific treatises, instructions
for the correct reading of the Koran, enumerations
and explanations of the ritual duties of Islam
and other similar topics...
...The language of the manuscript is mainly Byelorussian
with occasionally a strong admixture of Polish...
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