A Rare Source Aimed at Kokand Studies

Abstract

The article dwells on the issue beset with the study of peculiarities of Mirzo Shams Bukhari᾿s historico-literary production entitled as “The History of Bukhara, Kokand and Kashgar” and its signifi cance as the most important historical source in the historical studies of Kokand Khanate. The article deals with the issues concerned with the history of the relevant literary production creation, with its structural peculiarities, ideological content and the ways of interpreting facts by Bukhari himself. As well as, the author of the article pays particular attention to the analysis beset with the constituent parts of the historico-literary source under study, proceeding from this assumption he comes to important results. It is concluded that the former in question is recognized as one of the valuable sources aimed at the study of socio-political and cultural situation of Kokand Khanate and contains the rarest evidence of literary circles and centers of the relevant period, which had a profound sway over the literary and social life of the Tajik people.