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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,…

As is known, Nizam al-Din Alisher Navoi (1441–1501), the great Uzbek poet, statesman and patron, left a huge literary heritage. The most famous are…

The interest in manuscripts from the East in Western countries and in France is an old tradition but the fascination for their illuminated decor and especially…

The collection of hadiths “Nasr al-la‘ali min kalam amir al-mu’minin ‘Ali," which provides a description of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra), the nephew and…

In the 1880s – 1890s the parade photos of the power elite in the political culture began to play a significant role. Abd al-Ahad was the fourth son…

An important event for Russian Muslims was the acquisition of land for the construction of a mosque in St. Petersburg by Abd al-Ahad Khan. Part of the…

The Náprstek Museum (originally the Czech Industrial Museum) was established in the 1860s by Vojtěch Náprstek (1826 – 1894), a notable figure in Czech…

The poem Tuhfat al-ahrar (“The Gift to Noble”) was composed in 1481 by Jami as an imitation of the Makhzan al-asrar of Nizami and of the Matla‘ al-anvar…

Pay attention to the painting “Image of a young loving couple reading poems, while a maid stands by them”.   This type of oblong format manuscript…

From 1512, Ubaydullah Khan b. Mahmud settled in Bukhara.   He was also a bibliophile, a collector of books, and a patron of calligraphers and artists.…

It is a well-known fact that during medieval India, specifically during the reign of the Bāburids, a large number of scholars of every subject and artisans…

Many of the manuscripts found in the Rampur Library were new to India.   We can find mentions that the books were copied or completely written by…

The design and construction of a new building for the National Library of Uzbekistan began in 2010.   The library opened its doors to the public…

In 1867 Vámbéry prepared the first ever Chaghatay textbook published in Europe that quickly became an acknowledged reference work on the topic and greatly…

The contribution of P. Benkov to the formation of a national school of art is also great, like the contribution of his companions.   The move to…

The works of O. Tatevosyan “Rest in the kolkhoz”, “At the bazaar”, “Portrait of the wife”, “Rest” and “Under the elm umbrella” from the State Museum of…