Institute of Manuscripts, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Tahira Hasanzade. Khalisagarizade Abdulgani afandi’s pedagogical activity // J. of “Manuscripts Don’t Burn". Special issue, 2019, pp. 65-69. Tahira Hasanzade Doctor of Science in History Institute of Manuscripts named after Muhammad Fuzuli, ANAS 26 Istiglaliyat Street, Baku E-mail:
[email protected] KHALISAGARIZADE ABDULGANI AFANDI’S PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY Key words: Khalisagarizade, pedagogical activities, textbooks, enlightener According to experts, the roots of the history of Azerbaijani pedagogical thought are deeply rooted in past centuries. The history of organized school education is linked to the history of Islam. The issue of relation between the science and religion is not a new issue; its origins go back to the Middle Ages (4, 200). The Qur’an encouraged Muslims to acquire knowledge by preferring "those who knows to ones that does not”. This is one of the sayings of the Prophet (pbuh): “What Allah has created first is the mind. Look for science even in China though.”(4, II) Prior to Islam, there were Zoroaster schools in wire-worshipping (1, 95), followed by Christian schools in the northern part of Azerbaijan, Albania. Azerbaijani teachers in the madrasahs were intellectuals educated in Eastern countries: Baghdad, Damascus. Abul Ula Ganjavi, Falaki Shirvani, Khagani, Nizami, Mahsati were thinker writers and teachers. Maragha science school headed by Azerbaijani scientist Nasreddin Tusi, his works “Akhlag-i Nasiri” (A work on ethics), “Adabul-mutaallimin” reflecting his pedagogical ideas are the sources of the history of Azerbaijani pedagogical thought. The text critic Kamandar Sharifov considers Azerbaijani scientist as a great thinker in science.