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Turkmenistan has been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register for the first time, following approval of a historical collection documenting the life and work of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Adham.
The decision was announced in Jakarta during the programme’s 11th General Meeting and an international seminar, AnewZ reports. Twenty-one new documentary heritage items were added to the register at the event.
Turkmenistan submitted the collection, titled “Archival sources on the life and work of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Adham,” and it was approved by a jury of experts. Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Adham, who lived in the eighth century, was an early Muslim ascetic and mystic and is considered one of the figures who influenced the development of Sufism.
The inclusion of archival sources related to him marks Turkmenistan’s first entry in the programme’s Asia-Pacific Regional Register.
The meeting brought together representatives of Asia-Pacific countries to discuss the preservation and recognition of documentary heritage. It was organized by the National Archives of Indonesia, with participants including the national UNESCO commissions of Indonesia and the Republic of Korea, as well as the Korea Heritage Service.
Turkmenistan was represented by the executive secretary of its National Commission for UNESCO and a researcher at the Makhtumkuli Institute of Language, Literature and National Manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences. Participants also signed several international memoranda during the event.
Turkmenistan’s inclusion in the register was described as a new stage in the international recognition of the country’s documentary heritage and its participation in regional efforts to preserve historical records.
