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The shape, color, and ornamentation of a skullcap reflect the characteristics of the way of life of the population in a particular area. There are six…

A man of encyclopedic knowledge, a person who made a great contribution to the development of world civilization, one of the geniuses of world medical…

Abu Ali ibn Sina, known in the East as "Shaykh ur-rais" and in Western Europe as Avicenna, wrote over 450 works. He studied the books of ancient Greek,…

Edouard Blanc, a representative of the Geographical Society of Paris, organized an expedition to Central Asia in 1890-1891. During the trip, he became…

Several works of the great scientist Mirzo Ulugbek have reached us. Scientific research has been carried out on the basis of them.  His astronomical…

For some unknown reason the Persian poem Makhzan al-asrar (the Treasure of the Secrets) by Nizami Ganjavi was sent to Safavid Iran, where in 1610 – 1620…

Historical photographs depict people from various ethnicities who lived in the territory of modern Uzbekistan. These images are scarce, but they often…

There is only one photograph of Muzaffar al-Din Bahadur Khan, who ruled the emirate from 1860 to 1885, made in the first half of the 1880s by F. Orde,…

The ornaments on skullcaps demonstrate the amazing craftsmanship of embroiderers, national identity; convey the spirit of the people, love for life and…

Well-known representatives of the Bukhara school of calligraphy include: Mir ’Ali Hiravi signed as katib-i sultani (sultan’s scribe) on books he transcribed.…

Enjoying music became an inextricable attribute of the hedonistic lifestyle, which was followed by a notable portion of enlightened Herat society. The…

One of the earliest photographs of the son and heir to Abd al-Ahad Khan, the emir Seyid Mir Alim Khan (1880 – 1944), was made by the court photographer…

The earliest manuscript from the Institute’s collection is a copy of the Qur’an, written in the 9th century in Kufiс script. The most recent was transcribed…

Ibrahim Mirzo was the son of Shahruh and the grandson of Amir Timur, a follower of Sharafiddin ’Ali Yazdi, who wrote “Zafar-nama” (The Book of Timur’s…

The coexistence of secular and religious (spiritual) tendencies and, in some cases, their mutual enrichment, is characteristic for the culture of the period…

Musical art reaches its peak in the second half of the 15th century in Herat under Husayn Bayqara and Alisher Navoi. The typical features of the musical…

The National Library of Uzbekistan houses abook museum displaying unique manuscripts and books published in a lithographic way. Among them are the works…

The grandeur of Islamic art and faith is embodied in this unique artifact – a talismanic shirt from the Manuscript Department's collection. Created…

«The great Sultan, very mild-tempered and generous, the best of Sultans, lord and protector of the people and faith, Ulughbek Kuragon – may Allah perpetuate…

The date of copying of the manuscript "Arabe 5036" of the work "Suwar al-Kawakib" is not indicated; it seems to have been copied for the library of Ulugbek…

According to information presented in the album-book "Architectural Epigraphy of Uzbekistan" from the "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in World Collections"…

Oriental manuscripts have always been of interest to French collectors. One of the biggest French collectors of Oriental manuscripts in the second half…

In 1868 the manuscript, a splendid copy of the Persian poem Makhzan al-asrar (the Treasure of the Secrets) by Nizami Ganjavi was acquired by the Bibliothèque…

Ornaments are plant, zoomorphic, geometric and epigraphic. Plant forms and motifs are made up of flowers, stems, leaves, fruits, climbing, curving,…