Abstract

The article presents the historical and chronological order of the scientific study of the work of the Kazakh thinker Abu Nasr al-Farabi (260/870 AH - 339/950 AH) "Risala fi-s Sias" (Treatise on Politics).

Since the time of gaining independence by the Kazakh people, great changes have taken place in the spiritual life of the people. Projects such as: “Cultural Heritage” (2003), “People in the Stream of History” (2013), “Seven Edges of the Great Steppe” (2018), implemented within the framework of independence, as well as in 2020. with the support of international organizations such as UNESCO, ISISCO, an event was held on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the birth of Abu Nasr al-Farabi. Thanks to such organized events, there was a great opportunity to restore the written heritage of scientists and thinkers. Despite the fact that many eastern scientists, including Abu Nasr al-Farabi, were born and raised in the ancient Kazakh steppes, they spent most of their lives outside the Kazakh steppes. The rarest manuscripts of al-Farabi were preserved in foreign libraries and archives. This made it possible to investigate and return scientific works and manuscripts to their native lands.

As part of the “Year of Farabi” (2020), Kazakh scientists conducted comprehensive research in the field of searching for the written heritage of the thinker, preserved in world archives, collecting manuscripts, reading, and researching. Numerous scientific conferences and symposiums have been held to analyze, interpret, recognize and popularize the heritage and ideas of the scientist. After the Republic of Kazakhstan gained historical independence (1991) by decree of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kazakh National University (KazNU) named after Abu Nasr al-Farabi organized the search, collection, study, translation and scientific description of al-Farabi's manuscripts in the world archives. As part of this project, manuscripts of the work of the scholar Risala fi-s Siasa (Treatise on Politics) under various titles were found in the world's archives and rare collections.

Key words: heritage of Al-Farabi, "Rysala fi-s Syasa", manuscript, archive, source study.