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 …

Having Allah’s mercy, our native land has produced and edu­cated great scholars and geniuses who have made contributions of world scale importance to the development of science and culture not only from such world famous cities as Bukhara, Samarkand, Nasaf, Termez but also from the farthest provinces of the country. …

At the end of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th century, Khoresm’s fame and glory began to spread throughout the East and the West. During this period, such great scholars and geniuses as Muhammad Musa al-Khoresmi, Abu Rayhan Beruni, Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna), Muhammad az-Zamakhshari, etc., …

IRCICA and Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center (IBISRC), Samarkand, have jointly organized an International Workshop on “Manuscript Funds of Uzbekistan: Preservation, Cataloguing and Personnel Training”, and an Exhibition of Islamic Calligraphy, both opened on 21 June 2019 at IBISRC’s headquarters in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Both events were inaugurated by Prof. …

Alauddin as-Samarqandi’s role in the development of science and education in Central Asia Though the historical sources inform us that the period in which Alauddin as-Samarqandi lived was full of political instability and cultural dissatisfaction, the science and education in the area had its own way of development. This consideration …