ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 7

School of traditional historiography in Kharezm: History and features of development

Prof. Doctor of Science in History, The Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of The Republic of Uzbekistan. Email id: dono61@mail.ru

Online published on 17 August, 2019.

Abstract

The School of traditional history in Khiva khanate dates from the middle of the 17th century to the history of palace historians. Abdulgazi Bakhodirkhon (1643–1663), who ruled in the Khiva khanate during this period, was not only prominent as a statesman, but also a leading thinker, poet, composer, writer, calligrapher, caliph, and others. A master of history, a linguist, and a poet, who had gained a lot of professionals. This article reflects the productive work of the most significant representatives of the Kharezm history school. Also, the details of these schools’ relationships with other history-based schools, prospective partnerships were highlighted. In these works, folk legends, folk etymology, etymology, statues, stories, and stories are well-illustrated. Abdulgazi Bahadirkhan is a skillful historian who critically accustomed to historical sources, folklore and classical literature and used them in the definition of historical processes. In the second part, practical lessons will be taught about the subject matter and its method. The poet, at the beginning of his book, emphasized the importance of writing in the personality society. It is characterized by the fact that the text of the works is written in harmony with verse and prose. Every historical event is artistic and is used in the form of poetic fragments, masnawi, continental, byte, ruby, and fard in accordance with the style and the spirit of each event. Most of them are translated from Persian-Tajik. These works were also varied according to the genres. Among them, there were artistic didactic works, romantic and adventure stories.

Keywords

Khorezm, Historicism, Historiography, School, Historical Sources, Calligrapher