This volume presents and analyzes some hitherto unpublished original
sources from Central Asia and the Muslim regions of Russia. Thematically
it is closely related to the two previous volumes of articles that were edited
within the framework of the international research project Muslim Culture
in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the Early 20th Centuries. Yet,
this time the chronological frame has been extended so that we could include some important texts from previous centuries, texts which help deepen our understanding of Sufism in Central Asia.