NAVOIY DEVONLARINING SHARQSHUNOSLIK INSTITUTI ASOSIY FONDIDA SAQLANAYOTGAN QO‘LYOZMALARI

DOI 10.52773/tsuull.gold.2019.2/EZCR2619

Abstract

This article presents to a comparative and typological study of about 160
manuscripts of divans by Alisher Navai, which are stored in the Main Fund of the Abu
Rayhan Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. By this
study, the author demonstrates highly-valued divans were copied for 500 years in various
regions of the historical Maverannahr and Khorasan. The magnificent poetry of Navai was
patronized by the influential people of their time, and it had many admirers, followers, and
fans. The wealthy community of the Islamic East patronized the production of Navoi’s
divans.