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192 Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa.Vol. I. 2020 Elvira M. Molotova (Institute of Oriental Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan) Written Monuments of Eastern Turkestan on the Awliya’ Summary: The paper focuses on the narrative works from Eastern Turkestan, such as “ Tadhkira-yi Bughra Khan ”, “ Tadhkira-yi Khwaja Qutb al-Din Iraqi ” and “ Tadhkira-yi Sayyid Afaq-khwaja ”), dedicated to the activities of Turkestani saints of different periods. “ Tadhkira-yi Bughra Khan ” contains unique data on the history of penetration of Islam into Kashghar during the Qarakhanid period (X century) as well as the spread among the Turkic peoples of the region of the Sufi tradition of Uwaysiyya . The anonymous author narrated a history of propagation of Islam by the Qarakhanid ruler Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan and his descendants, as well as the role of the shaykh s- uwaysi in the preaching of the Muslim faith and the interpretation of the shari‘at . Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan was the first among Turkic khakan s in Eastern Turkestan to be converted to Islam. With the adoption of Islam, the Sultan was given the Arabic name ‘Abd al-Karim. Having overthrown his uncle Ughulchaq Qadyr Khan, Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan became the ruler of the Qarakhanid state and greatly expanded its territory while spreading Islam. The tadhkira represents him as the first uwaysi in Eastern Turkistan. The tadhkira also describes the activities of 40 shaykhs-uwaysiyya and 12 women -uwaysiyya , among them shaykh-uwaysi Qutb al-Din. The second work, “ Tadhkira-yi Khwaja Qutb al-Din Iraqi ”, focuses on the acti­ vities of this shaykh . According to the legend transmitted in this tadhkira , the shaykh was taught by Prophet Khidr who was engaged in transfer of spiritual knowledge to Qutb al-Din until the latter reached the age of 41 years. Having reached perfection in knowledge, the shaykh went to the city of Kashghar. Khwaja Qutb al-Din had been teaching pupils according to the Uwaysiyya tradition and brought them to his level of knowledge. “ Tadhkira-yi Sayyid Afaq-khwaja ” is dedicated to the activity of descen- dants of the popular in the Muslim world Sufi of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya tariqat — Mahdum-i A‘zam. It narrates the story of the bloody struggle between Mahdum-i A‘zam’s sons, Muhammad Amin and Muhammad Ishaq-Wali, for supremacy within this tariqat in Eastern Turkestan. Before his death, Mahdum-i A‘zam publicly declared Muhammad Amin as his successor. However, another son of him, Muhammad Ishaq-Wali, whose mother was a descendant of the above