ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

New information about khiva litography in khorezm

1Senior Researcher, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni, Academy of Sciencesof the Republic ofUzbekistan Email id: hberuniy@mail.ru

Online published on 15 May, 2021.

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the first Uzbek national lithography, which was launched in 1874 in the Khiva Khanate during the reign of Muhammad Rakhimkhan Feruz (1864-1910). It provides new information about who worked in national lithography, what books, and how many copies were published. The sources have new information about Ibrahim Sultan, the chief editor and technician who worked in Khiva lithography. This lithography played an important role for its time and its work reflects the history of culture, literature and science of the Uzbek people. The article is based on primary written sources about them.

Keywords

Lithography, Typography, Manuscript, Printing, Book, Palace, Iran, Khiva, Calligrapher, Divan, Poet