«МИФТАХ АЛЬ-КУР’АН» КАЮМА НАСЫРИ: ПЕРВЫЙ В МУСУЛЬМАНСКОМ МИРЕ КОНКОРДАНС КОРАНА

The article represents a unique lexicographical work «Miftah al-Qur’an», written by the outstanding Tatar enlightener Kayum Nasyri. The work is the first concordance of the Quran in the Muslim world and represents an essential piece of work for Quranic and oriental studies in general. The work was completed by the author in 1886. It has never been published and preserved as a manuscript. The article gives general information about the manuscript, its underlying methodology and its inherent characteristics. The work is still relevant with regard to the socialization of Islam and the rebuilding of a national school of Quranic studies. It is of value to Islamic scholars, to specialists engaged in the study of the Quran, tо Arabists, philologists and historians. Appendix to the article contains introductory remarks by Kayum Nasyri to the manuscript translated into Russian.