This article analyzes Sufi Olloyor’s work Sabot ul-ojizin in the context of the vernacularization process that took place in the cultural and literary milieu of eighteenth-century Central Asia. The study elucidates the reasons for translating the work from the Persian Maslak ul-muttaqīn into a Turkic language, its emergence from socio-pedagogical needs, and its elevation to the status of a “people’s book” intended for the broad masses. It demonstrates how the concept of adab, which is the central notion of Sufi teaching, is manifested through the unity of religious creed, moral admonition, and artistic form. The simple vocabulary, fluent syntax, pandnoma-genre composition, and memorization-friendly poetic structure of Sabot ul-ojizin are analyzed as factors that enhanced its communicative effectiveness. In addition, the article substantiates the work’s place in the school–madrasa system, the tradition of commentary, and its dissemination in transregional (Volga–Ural) territories. The findings lead to the conclusion that Sabot ul-ojizin is an important source in Turkic religious-didactic literature that ensured the unity of content and morality and fulfilled a socio-enlightenment function through literary form.

Sufi Olloyor, Sabot ul-ojizin, Turkic style

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