Education and Nomads of Central Asia: A case study of Pre-Soviet Kazakistan
Fayaz Ahnad, Mohd Younus, Shiraz Ahmad
Abstract
Central Asia has been a great Civilization since time immortal and ceaseless people thronged to this region for better survival. Urban Culture has developed smoothly and consistently, for the region got exposed to the people who were part of the great learnings and skills. The credit largely, however, for introducing this Urban Culture goes to the ‘Silk Route’ which explored not only economic incentives but also permitted people with their heterogeneous cultures irrespective of caste, creed, religion, etc. The Sakas, Parthians, Huns, Arabs, Turks, Chinese, Mongols, etc gave a new hope as their appearances unleashed new skills and new quarters of knowledge. These new innovations stamped on the minds of the people of Central Asia who came across these new cultures of the different people. The religion of Islam gave filip to thsese learnings and therefore, promised to further widen the mental horizen of Central Asian people. The Arabs in Central Asia in 8th century AD gave a free hand to the knowledge and lots of teachers were enjoined upon to teach/disseminate Islamic knolowdge in new Maktabas and Madrassa in various cities (Khwarzm, Merve, Khuttalan, Khiva, Nishapur, Bukhara, Mr Younus wani has one international publication and this effort has come to the sur face as a result of joint efforts of Two Scholars. Samarkand etc ) which in due course of time earned name and fame. The wave did not recognise any border and therefore, reached to nomadic kazakistan as well if later than the oasis areas of Central Asia. kazakistan too gave in to a sort of education which was imparted with the same enthusiasm but people of this region sought it differently. It did not affect their day today life too much. The Russians used main and might to get this lot completely transferred to new culture but kazaks did not leave their age old ways of life despite the coercisive and well planed policies. Nevertheless, pre-Soviet kazaks were made to look for schools for seeking education that came as a solace to them and patronized a hope of getting rid of hard and fast rules of life of nomadism.
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Fayaz Ahnad, Mohd Younus, Shiraz Ahmad (2011). Education and Nomads of Central Asia: A case study of Pre-Soviet Kazakistan. IJCAS, Vol. 15, No. 1, .