Private stamp of Shigabutdin Mardzhani, the end of the 19th century, Stambul, rock crystal. The stamp was handed to the museum by the relatives of Shigabutdin Mardzhani in the 70s of the 20th century.

Shigabutdin ibn Bagautdin ibn Subkhan ibn Abdal Karim al Kazani al Mardzhani. (1818-1889). He was a scientist, a religious figure. He left 30 works on History, Philosophy, Logic and Mohammedan Law. More than a half of his works were published in Kazan the others remained as manuscripts in different Archives.
The most large of his works is Bibliographic dictionary of 6 volumes that contains the complete information of forefathers life. The 4 000 pages of this manuscript containing the biography of 6 057 outstanding Moslems from 633 to 1885 are held in the Department of Rare books in the scientific library named after N. Lobachevski of Kazan University.

Celestial globe. According to the legend it was made by Kaum Nassiri. Wood, Bronze. It was handed to the museum by the Institute of Language and Literature (IYLI) in the 60s of the 20th century. It was restored in 1995. Scientific reconstruction was performed by J.Balassov.

Kaum Nassiri - Gabdelkaum the son of Gabdennassir al-Shirdani (1825-1902).
He was a scientist, a teacher and an encyclopaedist. He left the works on Tatar, Russian History and Linguistics. He defined the Tatar terminology on Natural sciences, he published books on Mathematics, Geometry, Geography, Galvanism, Chemistry, Agriculture, Flower-growing in Tatar language. He paid a lot of attention to moral breeding. His book 'A book about breeding' and 'The thirty homilies' (not published work) are very famous.
His works are held in Departament of Rare books in the scientific library named after N.Lobachevski of Kazan University and Institute of Language and Literature (IYLI), Kazan.

Ink-pot of Gabdulla Tukay.
This ink-pot was presented to the poet by the pupils of Tatar school in St.Peterburg in 1912. It was held by the Musapharovs. The museum received it from the Institute of Language and Literature (IYLI) in the 60s of the 20th century. Gabdulla Tukay (1886-1913) was the great Tatar poet.

Badge of S.Shakulova, Sorbonne's Graduate, gold, firm Faberge. She was the first Tatar woman-Mathematician, graduated from Sorbonne in 1913.

Belongings of Gayaz Iskhaki.
Golden watch, locket, sugar-tongs. The things were brought from Turkey along with Iskhaki's archives. They were presented to the Republic of Tatarstan. They were handed to the museum in 1997.

Gayaz Iskhaki (1878-1954). The prominent Tatar prose writer, playwright, publicist. He came to literature at the end of the 19th century. Before the October Socialist Revolution the democratic critisism named him the founder of new Tatar literature of critical realism. At the end of 1918 he emigrated from Russia. He was buried in Stambul.

Moabit notebooks.
The notes were written by Tatar poet Mussa Jalil in fashist concentration camp and during his imprisonment in Moabit (Berlin). The descendants received 93 poems from two poet's notebooks written in Tatar language in Arabian and Latin letters. These notebooks were handed to the Republic after the war in 1946 and 1947.
After his death Mussa Jalil was given the honary title 'The hero of the Soviet Union' (1956) and he became 'Laureate of Lenin premium' for the cycle of poems "Moabit notebook" (1957).

Mussa Jalil (Zalilov Mussa) (1906-1944) - Tatar poet, literature worker and public figure. He was executed by the fashists because of his anti-fashist activity in legion "Ural-Idel" in Berlin in 1944.