Zhusbayeva Uldanay

At Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the dissertation defense of Uldanay Duysenovna Zhusbayeva for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) will take place. The dissertation is titled:  «Taqwim al-Buldan» by Abu al-Fida as a Source for the Historical Geography of Asia» and is submitted for the educational program «8D02209 – Oriental Studies».

The dissertation was performed at the Department of Middle East and South Asia, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.         

Form of defense - dissertation work

Language of defense - Kazakh

Official reviewers:

1. Abjalov Sultanmurat Uteshuly — candidate of philosophical sciences, professor. Dean of the theological faculty of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Hodzhi Ahmet Yassavi. Specialty: humanities, religious studies. (Turkestan, Kazakhstan).

2. Nurtas Talgatjanovich Abdimominov – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Professor at the International University of Information Technologies. Specialty: 6D020300 – History (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Scientific supervisors:

 1. Zhaksylyk Muratovich Sabitov – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor, Director of the Research Institute for the Study of the Ulus of Jochi (Astana, Kazakhstan);

2. Elmira Gadelzyanovna Saifetdinova – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the M.A. Usmanov Center for the Study of the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates, Sh. Marjani Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Tatarstan).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Farda Magerram ogly Asadov – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor at the Ziya Bunyadov Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan);

2.Nurlan Kenzheakhmet – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Head of the International Source Studies Center «Heritage of Oriental Manuscripts» of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

3. Kydyr Torealі - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. Director of the Institute of Islamic Scientific Research (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

The defense will be held in a mixed format (online and offline) on March 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Dissertation Council of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University for the following groups of specialties / educational programs: 6D020900, 8D02209 – Oriental Studies (historical and philological track); 6D020700, 8D02301 – Translation Studies (Eastern languages and literature); 6D021000, 8D02305 – Foreign Philology (Eastern languages and literature) at the following address: 95 Karasai Batyr Street, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Almaty, 050012.

Connect to the Zoom Conference:

https://zoom.us/j/95880764083?pwd=aTEahKE3BCUxQm3SWao0M6k6oqloJG.1