MYSICIAN SCIENTISTS LIVING IN THE LOWER ZARAWSHAN OASIS AND THEIR SACRES

Abstract

This article reflects the life and work of the scholars of the Naqshbandiya doctrine of Mavlono Orif Deggarony (1313–1375), Khoja Khusrava (XIV c.), Sheikh Nuriddin (XIV c.) and the sheikhs of Yassaviya Sayyid Ota (1318–1390), Badr Ota (XIV c.), Hazret Kasim Sheikh Azizon (1500–1578), who lived in the territory of the lower Zarawshan oasis and had a significant influence on the socio-political and spiritual life of Central Asia in the Middle Ages, and also presents some fragments from their activities cultural life of the country. It also provides information based on historical sources and archival documents on the development of the tarikat, which forms the basis of the activities of these scholars, their religious views and relations with the rulers. Information on the history of construction, location and the current state of shrines, mosques and chapels of Sufism scholars located on the territory of Navoi region is analyzed.