ART AND POLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 16TH CENTURY

Аннотация

The period of Alisher Navoi (1441-1501) and the cultural activities of the court of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438-1506) are among the most documented sources in history, and skilled bookbinders, calligraphers and gilders, miniaturists and painters created unique works of art in the court library of that time. The article reveals the process of cultural development under the leadership of Alisher Navoi and Abdurrahman Jami (1414-1492) in Herat in the second half of the 15th century, the reasons for its transformation into the center of Eastern Islam, intensive cultural events in the palace. However, the conquest of Transoxiana and Khorasan by the Uzbek Khan Muhammad Shaibani Khan in the first half of the 16th century due to the collapse of the Timurid Empire did not mean the end of the cultural traditions strengthened by Navai and Jami.