THE TRADITION OF HIKMAT WRITING AND TATAR LITERATURE

This article explores the tradition of hikmat composition and its reflection in the history of Tatar literature. In particular, it provides a scholarly analysis of the influence of Khoja Ahmad Yasawi and his successor Sulayman Bakirgani on the works of Tatar folk poets, especially Kul Sharif. The study focuses on the stylistic and thematic characteristics of hikmats, highlighting similarities between the hikmats of Yasawi and Kul Sharif