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Scholars, poets and rulers

Scholars, poets, rulers and artists linked to Uzbekistan: their lives, their work and the places where a traveller can still find them.

people: 60
regions: 14

Muhammad al-Khwarizmi Ahmad al-Farghani Imam al-Bukhari Imam al-Tirmidhi Ismail Samani Abu Bakr al-Qaffal al-Shashi Abu Rayhan al-Biruni Ibn Sina (Avicenna)Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi Abdul Khaliq Gijduvani Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani Najm al-Din Kubra Jalal al-Din Mangburni Pahlavon Mahmud Bahauddin Naqshband Amir Temur (Timur)Mirzo Ulugh Beg Khoja Ahrar Alisher Navoi Kamoliddin Behzod Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur Abdullah Khan II Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Khan Boborahim Mashrab Jahon Otin Uvaysiy Nodira Muhammad Rizo Ogahiy Ajiniyaz Qosybay uli Ahmad Donish Berdakh Khudayar Khan Muhammad Rahim Khan II (Feruz)Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich Muhammad Aminkhoja Muqimiy Zokirjon Furqat Is'hoqxon To'ra Ibrat Mahmudkhoja Behbudiy Munavvar Qori Abdurashidkhonov Sadriddin Ayni Abdurauf Fitrat Alexander Volkov Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy Abdulla Qodiriy Abdulhamid Cho'lpon Yunus Rajabiy G'afur G'ulom Oybek Tamara Khanum Hamid Olimjon Usmon Nosir Igor Savitsky Zulfiya Sharof Rashidov Erkin Vohidov Islam Karimov Abdulla Oripov Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi Shams al-Mulk Nasr Spitamenes

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Early Islamic period712–1220

810–870

Imam al-Bukhari

Hadith scholar, compiler of the Sahih al-Bukhari

849–907

Ismail Samani

Samanid emir, founder of the Bukharan state

980–1037

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Physician, philosopher, polymath

1103–1179

Abdul Khaliq Gijduvani

Sufi master, founder of the Khwajagan path

The Mongol period1220–1370

1318–1389

Bahauddin Naqshband

Sufi master, founder of the Naqshbandi order

The Timurid era1370–1507

1394–1449

Mirzo Ulugh Beg

Ruler, astronomer, mathematician

1455–1535

Kamoliddin Behzod

Miniature painter

The age of the khanates1500–1868

1534–1598

Abdullah Khan II

Shaybanid ruler, khan of Bukhara

1827–1897

Ahmad Donish

Enlightener, scholar, writer, diplomat

The Russian Empire period1868–1917

1878–1954

Sadriddin Ayni

Writer, poet, scholar, enlightener

1886–1938

Abdurauf Fitrat

Writer, playwright, scholar, Jadid leader

Early Islamic period712–1220

died 1080

Shams al-Mulk Nasr

Khan of the Western Karakhanid Khanate

Antiquity6th century BC – 712

died 328 BC

Spitamenes

Sogdian commander, leader of the revolt against Alexander

Scholars, poets and rulers

Early Islamic period712–1220

Imam al-Bukhari

Ismail Samani

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Abdul Khaliq Gijduvani

The Mongol period1220–1370

Bahauddin Naqshband

The Timurid era1370–1507

Mirzo Ulugh Beg

Kamoliddin Behzod

The age of the khanates1500–1868

Abdullah Khan II

Ahmad Donish

The Russian Empire period1868–1917

Sadriddin Ayni

Abdurauf Fitrat

Early Islamic period712–1220

Shams al-Mulk Nasr

Antiquity6th century BC – 712

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