An outstanding Central Asian Sufi thinker and poet was Ahmed Yugnaki (second half of the 12th - early 13th century). His work “Hibat al-Haqaiq” — “Gift of Truths” has survived to us in three manuscript copies stored in Istanbul.
It is interesting to note that this collection of teachings by the Muslim thinker was disseminated among the Turkic peoples of the region not only in Arabic script, traditional for Muslims, but also in the so-called "Uyghur script," which served all Eastern Turkic peoples of Central and Inner Asia.
“The path to grace is through education,
Learn to find your happiness.”
These teachings of Yugnaki were close to the hearts of people striving to enhance the traditions of education.
He also advises his contemporaries to preserve their native language, emphasizing that by preserving one's native speech, one will be preserved oneself. All these proverbial words were a source of inspiration for subsequent thinkers and philosophers, including the Kyrgyz “zamānists” of the 19th century.