Vol. 2 No. 2-3 (2015): Oriental studies

The author of this paper proposes his own views on the issues concerning the storage of manuscript documents. After long investigations he reveals certain “threats” to manuscripts, documents, especially notes some thoughts on the phrase “done with good purpose”. Here the author underlines such problems such as the reasons and results of this so-called “well-meaning repairs” restoration and also gives his suggestions on how to obey the rules of restoration of the documents in this article.

Three personal seals (muhr) of Umar-Khan are described in this  article. There are imprints of all these three seals in the manuscripts from the COMTSIOS fund. All of three seals have the same legend in the centre – Amir al-Muslimin Sayyid Muhammad Umar ibn Narbuta-khan. One of the seals does not have a date. Dates are available in other  two seals – 1226/1811-12 and 1231/1815-16. These  dates can help determining the historical data connected with the activity of Umar-khan.

This  article describes introductory information about a number of new texts written by  Khwaja  Muhammad  Parsa,  who  had  proved  and  supported  Naqshbandi  teachings  with  his scholarly works.

"Tarih-i  Muhyi  Khukandi"  ("History  of  Muhyi  Khukandi")  is  a  historical  work written in Persian by Muhyi Khukandi (1836–1911). The only handwritten copy of the autograph of this work has been preserved at the Center of Eastern manuscripts at Tashkent State Institute of Oriental  studies  named  after  Abu  Rayhan  Bеruni  (under  the  inventory  №604).  This  article illustrates the history of the study of "Tarih-i Muhyi Khukandi", a description of the manuscript, structure of the work and its analysis. In addition, it also shows the significance of this work in the study of Central Asian history.

This article is devoted to the studies of the life and works of famous scholar Kamal ad-din  Huseyn  al-Voiz  al-Kashifi  as-Sabzawari  al-Hirawi,  who  lived  at  the  same  Century  with Alisher Navai. On the base of scientific argumentation here is analyzed certain data related to his date  of  birth  and  his  works.  The  author  also  enters  scientific  novelties  concerning  these aforementioned issues

Ogahiy  is  well-known  as  a  translator  who  has  a  solid  role  in  the  history  of  our homeland.  In  this  article,  we  draw  our  attention  to  the  translations  of  the  work  “Miftoh  ut-Tolibin”  which  was  done  by  Ogahiy.  The  main  topic  of  this  translated  work  is  about  Husayn Khorazmiy  and  his  life  and  activities.  Besides,  in  this  book  one  can  meet  valuable  information about  XVI  century  life  period  of  Central  Asia,  especially  the  history  of  Bukhara,  Samarkand, Khorazm where Husayn Khorazmi had lived and worked.

In this article by using archive materials and scientific publications it is  analyzed the  history  of  the  formation,  theory,  and  practice  of  the  description  of  the  archival  fund  “The Chancellery of the Khiva Khanate” (f. I-125).

Sayyid  Ahmad  ibn  Jalal  ad-Din  Kwajagi  Kasani-Dahbedi  (868/1461–949/1542) was a brilliant scholar and great thinker of Mawarannahr. He has been mentioned in manuscripts as a Makhdum-i  A`zam Kasani, Makhdum-i A`zam Dahbedi, Makhdum-i A`zam Kasani-Dahbedi or shortly Makhdum-I  A`zam. This article is devoted to the study of scientific-spiritual heritage of the afore-mentioned outstanding scholar on the base of the first sources, stored at the Manuscripts Fund of the Center for Oriental Manuscripts named after Abu Rayhan Beruni under the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies.

In given article it is analyzed the first prosaic statements of "Khamsa" of Alisher Navai and important features of the period which are transferred during that time.

In this article there is an attempt to determine a place of this work among other works of the author through comparison of such ones as “Tadzkirat al-Auliya” and “Sharh al-Ta‘arruf”. And, in order to determine the significance of this work “Sharh al-Ta‘arruf” among these two others, certain samples are given from two works of the author “Kashf ul-Mahjoob” and “Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya”.

Although  the  attitude  of  Alisher  Navai  towards  the  representatives  of  Persian classical  poetry  of  the  X-XV  centuries  has  been  studied  relatively  well,  but  the  issue  of  the relationship  of  Uzbek  poet  with  the  works  of  Anvariy  Abivardi  (1105–1191),  Persian-speaking poet, recognized as "Prophet in qasida" by tradition hasn’t been researched yet. In this paper, with  an  argument  of  this  poet’s  works,  his  qasida  dedicated  to  Sufi-irfani  theme  "Tawakkul" (trusting in the will of God) is discussed in detail compared with Navoiy’s qasida which is devoted to the same subject as an imitation of Anvari’s qasida.

In this article there is the results of the items of information on heavenly bodies and space processes taken from novels of Alisher Navai where the speech is  about their sources. In the  process of the further development of a science the given here items of information prove to be true.

The  article  studies  the  dictionaries  created  in  the  18 th -19 th   centuries  and  their importance in researching Navoi’s writings. It provides information about Muhammad Rizabek’s work  such  as  “Muntahabul-lug’ot”  and  “Zubdatul-lug’ot”.  In  this  article  it  is  proposed  the manuscripts  of  the  above-mentioned  dictionaries,  being  preserved  at  the  Centre  for  Oriental Manuscripts named after Abu Rayhan Beruni under Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies.

This article researched Sayfiy Bukhari’s (died in 1503) “Aruzi Sayfiy” treatise from the viewpoint of the modern poetry. It is about the structure of the treatise, description of asls, bakhr and doiras (metric circles). Here is revealed the significance of  “Aruzi Sayfiy” in the Timurids period.

The  article  is  devoted  to  the  ode  written  by  well-known  representative  of  the  Turkic literature  Khafiz  Khorazmi  in  connection  with  the  death  of  Ibrahim  Sultan,  the  representative  of  the Timurids dynasty, a  patron of literature and art, who for 20 years had ruled in the empire in Fors region.

In  this  paper  it  is  proposed  the  ideas  such  as  –  enlightening  ethics,  mind, perfection, the function of leading to happiness, the types and bad sides of the wills that was put forward by Nasriddin Tusiy in his work named “Akhloqi Tusiy” (The Ethics of Tusiy).

This  article  provides  a  broad  overview  Ibn  Sina’s  philosophical  worldview.  In addition to his works on logic, ethics and theology, Ibn Sina’s treatises on interpretation of the Qur’an and theology contain philosophical notions.

The  book  of  Haji  Khalifa  "Kashf  az-zunun"  is  the  wrok  of  bio-bibliographical character, contains materials about the scientific and cultural life of Central Asia. This article, written  on  the  basis  of  "Kashf  az-zunun"  highlights  the  scientific  activity  of  some  philosophers from  Central  Asia.  The  given  statements  from  the  "Kashf  al-zunun"  have  been  studied  and enlightened  with the usef of  other sources.

2014  йил  15–16  май  кунлари  Президентимиз  Ислом  Каримов  ташаббуслари билан Самарқанд шаҳрида бўлиб ўтган “Ўрта асрлар Шарқ алломалари ва мутафаккирларининг тарихий мероси, унинг замонавий цивилизация ривожидаги  роли  ва  аҳамияти”  мавзуидаги  халқаро  конференция  ўтмиш авлодларимиздан қолган  улкан маданий-илмий мероснинг оламшумул аҳамияти,  уни  ўрганиш  масалаларини  ўртага  қўйиш  билан  бирга,  мамлакатимизда  буюк  меросимизни  замонавий  методлар  асосида  тадқиқ  ва  тарғиб қилувчи ёшларимизни тарбиялашга ҳам қаратилган эди.

In this article it is provided valuable information about remarkable achievements in the sphere of exact sciences in the works of al-Khorezmi, al-Beruni and Ulughbek most of which published by the author. Here is also emphasized that the ideas and works of the aforementioned scholars had a great impact on the development of sciences not only in the East, but also in Europe.

In this paper on the basis of  the data in Chinese language it is well proved the influence of Uzbekistan’s culture on the Ancient and Middle Ages China with the use of concrete historical facts and figures.

In this article, based on the analysis of archaeological, anthropological and written (ancient Chinese) sources revealed the autochthonous basis of both ethnic (and proto-Old Iranian) origin layers of the Uzbek people in the example of the archaeological sites of the Neolithic Age in Central  Asia.  Proto-Turkic  root  served  with  Kalaminar  culture  proto-European  anthropological material and ancient Iranian - Jaytun Eastern Mediterranean culture with its anthropological type. Their synthesis, starting from the Bronze Age to the late antiquity, has led to the addition of "Central Asian interfluve race" - a characteristic type of modern Uzbeks and Tajiks plains.

This article discusses the significance of the works of al-Beruni, one of the earliest scholars  of  the  Middle  Ages  East,  which  is  devoted  to  the  study  of  the  emergence  of  soil,  its features and physical characteristics, changes in the structure of the Earth layers under various hydrographic  conditions,  and  al-Beruni’s  contribution  to  the  development  of  the  soil  study  in global scale.

The  following  article  enlightens  geographical  information  about  Central  Asia’s administrative-territorial placement, nature, trading networks, cities, economy, and improvements during the XIV-XV Centuries which of them noted in historical essays written about Temur the Great and his descendants.

This article is about a scholar who lived and worked in the Oriental Renaissance period Nasir Khusrav and his work “Safarnama”. “Safarnama” contains Nasir Khusrav’s seven years travel (1045-1052) to the Middle and the Near East countries. The book delivers information about nations culture, customs, languages and lifestyle.

This article gives new information about  the life and scientific activities of qadi Ixtiyar that lived at the end of the reign of the Timurds in Herat. Cadi Ixtiyar worked as a cadi and a chief of cadies. While working as a qadi, he wrote a guide ‘Mukhtar al-ixtiyar’ for qadies. In addition, the author of this article gives also the information about this work.

The article is devoted to the education program of an official Madrassah which was built by the Qarakhanid ruler Ibrahim Tabgachkhan in approximately 1066 A.D. A unique work named “Matla’ an-nujum va majma’ al-ulum” written by Abu Hafs an-Nasafiy (1068-1142) has  been  presented  as  the  main  source  for  this  paper.  And  this  aforementioned  work  contains valuable  information  about  the  pedagogic  activities  of  Abu  Hafs  an-Nasafiy.  The  work  namely “Matla’ an-nujum” covers such works (“tutorials” or course books) concerned to various fields of science which were taught within the educational system of XI-XII Centuries of Mawarannahr.

This  article  is  devoted  to  the  issues  concerning  the  latest  changes  and  further activities  of  the  al-Beruni  Center  for  Oriental  Manuscripts.  The  author  also  gives  information about state funded grants which are being successfully implemented by leading experts of the al-Beruni Center.

In  this  article  in  the  example  of  the  Ancient  Khorazm  literary  school  here  is  considered  speakers’ practical knowledge, as well as the developments of the styles and systems of writing in this region. The proposed data by the author bring to usage imporant findings on the subject of study. Due to the fat that these issues have not enough researches it is now required to anaylyze the problem of the development of practical knowledges and scientific base  in Khorazm oasis  in  pre-Islamic    period.  The  Presented  feature  of  importance  of  the  contents  of  the archeological sources for study of the shaping Astronomy, Geometry, Mathematics, existence of the concrete presentations with reference to the system of these sciences in Khorazm in the Ancient Period and in the Early Middle Ages. Ancient Khorazm falls into the circle of the areas where widely  spread the early system of writing in Central Asia. In this paper the author tries to show  the  impact  of  the  Khorazm  Script  (letter)  to  the  study  of  the  system  of  its  statehood,  socio-economic relations and non-material culture with the use of new approaches.

In this articl it is given the analyzes оf the facts about theTurkic dynasty in Kabul valley, which mentioned in al-Beruni’s works such as “India”, “Mineralogy” and “Qanuni Mas’udi”.

In this paper it is proposed by the author  the analyzes of information, which related to  old  Turkic  statehood,  including  the  system  of  titles,  which  mentioned  in  Mahmud  Kashgari’s “Divani lugat at-Turk”

This article is devoted to the study of “Jamshid Koshiy’s travel to Samarkand and the issue of the ownership of the work named “Ziji Khаkаniy” to him. Here is analyzed thoroughly the time of the inhabitance of Jamshid Koshiy in Samarkand and as well as his work “Ziji Khаqаniy”. It’s  proved  with  scientifically-based  facts  that  the  scholar  came  to  Samarkand  in  1413  and  “Ziji Khaqaniy” was not belonged to Shahrukh but it was belonged to Mirzo Ulugbeks library.

In this article it is studied one of the important tasks of the science of the Oriental Studies – compiling catalogue of manuscripts stored at worth wealthy manuscript funds.

This article is devoted to the study of historical documents stored at the Center for Oriental Studies (COS) and the importance of the researches conducted within the framework of projects.  Besides,  special  attention  was  drawn  to  the  procurement  of  the  government  Decrees directed to the investigation of saving historical documents.

The  article  is  dedicated  to  the  subject  of  the  study  of  the  scientific  heritage  of scholars from Termez. It is known that Termez from the Middle Ages was accepted  as one of the scientific centres of Mawarannahr and Khorasan. The scholars of the region worked in different directions  of  the  fileds  of  sciences  such    as  natural  sciences  and  humanitarian  sciences.  As  a result, they have left a great scientific heritage. In this article the authir tries to indicate objective and subjective difficulties, connected with the studyof  this scientific heritage and he gives his own suggestions on  how to solve them.