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The Story of Joseph, the only surviving work by the founder of Bulgar-Tatar literature Kul Gali, is rendered into English for the first time in its entirety by Fred Beake and Ravil Bukharaev. Supporting the annotated translation are forty specially commissioned illustrations by one of Russia’s leading contemporary artists Azat Minnekaev.

Ravil Bukharaev is a well-known writer, poet, radio journalist and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan. He was born in Kazan in 1951. He is the author of more than thirty books, among which are The Model of Tatarstan Under President Mintimer Shaimiev (London/New York, 1999), Islam in Russia: the Four Seasons (London/New York, 2000). In 2005, he was awarded the M. Lomonosov Gold Medal for his contribution to Russian Arts, Science and Education and, in 2006, the State Prize of Tatarstan for his latest books of poetry. He has lived in London, UK, since 1992.