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TheculminationandconclusionofmanydiVerseandlong-termacademic9culturalandreli-
giousjubileecelebrationsintheterritoryoftheformerGrandDuchyofLithuaniawasthepub-
licationofthelatesttranslationoftheQur¶anintothePolishlanguagebyPolishMuslimTatar
MusaCzachorowskiinOctober2018.
OurmonographisdedicatedtothepeoplewhohaVecreatedthehistoryoftheLithuanian9
PolishandBelarusianOrientoVerthepastsi[centuriesandtopreViousandcontemporaryschol-
arswhoseresearchintothistimehasenrichedourknowledgeoftheethnic9culturalandreligious
comple[ityoftheGrandDuchyofLithuaniaandthePolish-LithuanianCommonwealth.The
heirsofthispastarethreecontemporarystates.theRepublicofBelarus9theRepublicofLithu-
aniaandtheRepublicofPoland.
Wewouldliketoe[pressourprofoundgratitudetotheauthorsofpapersincludedinthis
VolumeforVoluntarilysharingwiththereaderstheresultsoftheirresearchandreflections9thus
makingasignificantcontributiontotheknowledgeofourcommonpast.
WeremainprofoundlyindebtedtoMs.JoannaPuchalskawhohaskindlytrustedusenough
tomaketheinValuabledocumentsfromherfamilyarchiVesfromtheformermanorofCzom-
brow(nowBelarus)aVailableforourresearch9analysesandpublication9andwhowroteapaper
forthisVolumeillustratingitwithhistoricaldocumentsandcontemporaryworkofthestudents
fromthePolishI.J.KraszewskiMiddleSchoolinNowaWilejka.
AssistanceindeVelopingtheprojectThBMInuscriptfromCzombrowżThBPhilomIthTrIns-
lItionofthBQur¶In∫thB(ditionIndHistoricIlIndPhilologicIlStudyofthBMonumBntwas
alsoofferedbytheemployeesofthePolishEmbassyinChileinthepersonsofHisE[cellency
AmbassadorJulioBraVoYubini9ThirdSecreataryJaVierFo[onCalVoandConsularReprese-
antatiVeSabinaOrłowska.Itwasowingtothemthatwemanagedtocontactthecoordinator
ofthe'omByko&WIgnBr-HBritIgBcampaign9Mr.MarcinGrochowskiandIgnacyDomey-
ko¶sdescendants.AdirectoutcomeoftheserelationsisMr.Grochowski¶saccountfromthe
journeyinsearchoftheTrBIsurBof'omBykoandtheViVidinterestinourprojectshownby
Ms.PazDomeyko-Ignacy¶sgreat-granddaughterwholiVesinAustralia.PazDomeykoisthe
authorofabookaboutherancestor9publishedinSpanish9EnglishandBelarusian.Notonly
didsheagreetohaVefragmentsofthisworkused9butalsosupporteduswithherknowledge9
memoriesandfamilydocuments.TheNicolausCopernicusUniVersityinToruńhostedMr.Pa-
bloDomeyko9agreat-grandsonoftherenownedgeologist9andhiswifeCarmenwithwhomwe
couldsharetheresultsofourworkonIgnacyDomeyko¶sachieVementsandowingtowhomwe
couldbroadenourknowledgeofthisgreatPole.
WewouldliketothanktheauthorsfromVilnius(Prof.TamaraBairaãauskaitơ)andMinsk
(Prof.MichailTarelka)whosepapersenrichedourpublicationwiththediscussionoftheprob-
lemsofthehistoryandcultureoftheentireGrandDuchyofLithuania9proVidingacomprehen-
siVedepictionofitscomple[ityaswellasethnic9linguisticandreligiousdiVersity.
Weareawarethatcompetentte[tsonVilniusPhilomathsandtranslatorsoftheQur¶anpro-
Videdbysucheminentauthorsande[pertsinthefieldasProf.ZbigniewJ.WójcikandReV.
Prof.TadeuszKraheladdconsiderableValuetoourmonograph.Wewouldliketoe[pressour
gratitudeandappreciationfortheircontributions.
Theresearchteamincludesaliteraryscholarandculturale[pert9Prof.DariuszPniews-
ki9aswellasahistorian9Dr.ArturKonopacki9aSlaVoniclinguist9Dr.IwonaRadziszewska9
intheformofkitabs9tefsirs9hamails;howeVer9italsostudiesothertypesofmanuscriptsoftheseLithuanian-
PolishMuslims.