SCHOLARS

Abdurazzaq Samarqandi was known to have taken an active part in such di plomatic visits during the reigns of Abulqasim Babur and Sultan Abu Said. In 1463, in accord with his request, he was released from the position of diplomacy and appointed to the position of sheikh at the khanakah …

Abdurazzaq Samarqandi was born on November 7 (on the 12th day of the month Sha’ban) 816/1413 in Herat. His full name was Kamaliddin Abdurazzaq, and his father’s name was Jalaliddin Is’haq Samarqandi. The reason for why though Abdurazzaq was bom in Herat but was famous with his penname “Samarqandi” is …

He was one of the most generous people of the society. His countless property was mostly spent on the construction of many religious and cultural buildings in Samarkand, Tashkent and Kabul, such as madrasahs, mosques, reading rooms for students, as well as on the expenditures of the needy families. His …

Since the time the humanity appeared on the Earth, his way of life has not always been full of delight and happiness as well as peaceful. Through its history, any nation or nationality has seen both delightful and happy as well as hard, dark and unhappy days of life. The …

A number of scholars and enlighteners were educated in Kho-resm under the positive influence of the scientific and spiritual heritage left by an estimated scholar His Excellency az-Zamakh­shari. One of them was Abu-l-Fathal-Mutarrizi. Information about him can be found in the works of the following authors: Yaqut al-Hamavi; Zayniddin Qasim …

Sadru-sh-sharia II is considered to be the flagman of the Islamic law in Central Asia. His manual “Mukhtasaru-l-viqaya” has been in use as an important and precious manual in the process of studying the Islamic law for many centuries and even today, it has not lost its importance. This book …

Bukhara has always been famous throughout the world for its scholars and owned its special place among the famous cities of the world. The fact that such great geniuses as Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail Bukhari, an estimated expert in the field of Hadiths, a well-known doctor and philosopher Abu Ali …

Al-Qasim ibn al-Husain is supposed to have compiled a “divan” (a collection of literary works), but it is a pity that this collection of verses did not reach us. It is thought to have been destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Khoresm. Therefore, the pieces of his verses and samples …

The scientific research work titled as “Al-Adab al-arabiy fi iqlimi Khwarizm” (Arabian literature in Khoresm), which has recently been published in Baghdad by an Indian scholar Husain Toho of Palestine j contains lots of information dealing with the life and creative activities of the scholars, poets and writers who lived …

Bahauddin Naqshband (1318-1389), who lived two centuries later than Sheikh Abdulkhaliq Ghijduvani created his own theory and founded the Naqshbandiya order. As the main principles of his theory, he chose the eight rules offered by his masters Khoja Yusuf al-Hamadani and Abdulkhaliq Ghijduvani. He added to them three more rules …