Research On “Sanglox” And “Maboni Ul-Lug‘At” In Great Britain Sevinch Avazova

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This article examines the study of Alisher Navoi’s works in England, focusing on the research conducted in Britain on “Sanglox” and “Maboni ul-lug‘at,” which are based on Navoi’s writings. The contribution of British researchers to Navoi studies is acknowledged. Keywords: Manuscript, catalog, Navoi scholar, lexicon. Navoi's works by English entrepreneurs alongside Introduction: Alisher Navoi is one of the most numerous manuscripts collected by the Timurids prominent figures whose works have widely spread during England's colonization of India, and the transfer across the world, “without conquering by the sword”. of Navoi's manuscripts from Iran, Russia, and Turkey Significant research on the poet and statesman’s life (due to Baddiuz Zaman Mirza) to the British Museum, and creativity has been conducted both in Uzbekistan Bodleian Library, Windsor Library, and other locations and abroad. Uzbek scholars such as N. Mallayev, M. in Great Britain. Furthermore, wars and treaties Kholbekov, A. Abduazizov, A. Erkinov, R. Abdullayeva, between nations have led to the transfer of many G. Khallieva, Z. Mirzayeva, and O. Tojiboyeva have valuable books to the treasuries of countries with written studies and articles on the research of Navoi’s different languages and cultures. works abroad. As noted above, from the 17th century onwards, and Although Europeans became familiar with Navoi’s particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries, the works in the 16th century, the in-depth study of his life British Empire's political and economic interests in and creativity mainly began in the 19th century. The India, the Middle East, and Central Asia spurred the first biography of Navoi in Europe was introduced by development of Oriental studies. In 1823, the Royal French scholar Barthélemy d’Herbelot de Molainville in Asiatic Society was founded. At the beginning of the his 1697 publication Bibliothèque orientale, a 20th century, the School of Oriental and African Studies comprehensive dictionary of essential knowledge (SOAS) was established at the University of London, about the East. marking a new era in British Orientalism. In England, Orientalists who studied Navoi’s work Charles Rieu, originally from Geneva, is recognized as during the late 19th and 20th centuries include Charles the first Navoi scholar in England. During his many Rieu (1827–1902), Hermann Ethé (1844–1917), Eduard years at the British Museum, he compiled the Sachau (1845–1930), Edward Granville Browne (1860– "Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts" (1888) and the 1901), Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871–1940), Gerard "Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts" (1871-95). Clauson (1891–1974), and Alfred Biston (1911–1995). Furthermore, he completed the second part of the Several factors contributed to Navoi's works finding "Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts," begun by the their way to Great Britain. Specifically, the political English Orientalist William Cureton (1808–1864). situation associated with the increasing influence of Information about Rieu's catalogue (description) was England in Central Asia during a certain period, the initially provided in the bibliographic book “Materials gifting of rare and valuable copies of Navoi's works by for a Bibliographic Index of Printed Works by Alisher some Uzbek khans to this country, the acquisition of American Journal Of Philological Sciences 338 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) Navoi and Literature about Him” (Материалы к utilized copies from the British Museum (No. 2892) and библиографическому указателю печатных the Bodleian Library. B. Hasanov, who conducted a произведений Алишера Навои и литературы о нем), comparative study of dictionaries compiled for Navoi's compiled in 1940 by the Russian Orientalist A.A. works, notes the superiority of «Sanglox” over other Semenov. Specifically, it is mentioned that Charles dictionaries in all respects, the unparalleled Rieu's catalogue of Turkish manuscripts contains contribution of Clauson in popularizing the book, and information about 13 works by Alisher Navoi. the expediency of using Clauson's edition to correct Furthermore, the lexicography section of the Turkish errors in existing dictionary publications. catalogue describes the "Abushqa," "Sanglox," and its The grammatical essay appended to "Sanglox," accompanying "Maboni ul-Lug‘at." In his description of "Maboni ul-lug‘at," was published in 1910 in Calcutta «Sanglox” (No. 2892), Rieu provides detailed using lithographic methods by Sir Denison Ross (1871- information about Mirza Mehdi Astrobodi's court 1940), a prominent English scholar of Chagatai activities, the reasons for compiling the dictionary, and language and literature. This contributed to the further the history of lexicography. Although the book is popularization of Navoi's work in the West. bibliographic in nature, the scholar examined Furthermore, as the first director of SOAS (School of numerous source