THE ARCHITECTURAL EPIGRAPHY OF NAQSHBANDI-MUJADDIDI TARIQAH IN CENTRAL ASIA IN THE XVIII-XIX CENTURIES

Abstract

This article examines the architectural and epigraphic monuments associated with the history of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tariqah in the 18th-19th centuries. Information about this tariqah is obtained based on epigraphic data. The article contains information about the murshids who carried out their activities within the “Suf Allahyar” and “Musakhonkhodja Dahbedi” branches of the Central Asian Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tariqah in the 18th- 19th centuries, as well as information about architectural monuments and epigraphic inscriptions directly related to them. It also provides valuable information about the activities of the murshids of the tariqah Qamariddin Khuzari and Mavlono Mirmuhammad Ibrahim Khodja Samarqandi, as well as about their mausoleums and cemeteries. After Mavlono Mirmuhammad Ibrahim Khodja Samarkandi, the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi-Dakhbedi chain was continued by his disciples Muhammad Amin Khodja Dahbedi, Abdumalik Khodja Gaziraghi, Eshoni Walikhon Urguti, and Eshoni Suf Khodja, and others. From the descendants of Mavlono Mirmuhammad, Ibrahim Khodja Samarqandi came such famous people of their time as Mirmuhammad Nasriddinkhan, Mirmuhammad Fayzulla Mahzum, Mirmuhammad Sayyid Gani Mahzum, Mulla Muqaddas, Sayyid Valikhan, Eshoni Sultankhan. The scientifc novelty of the research results is substantiated by the data of epigraphic inscriptions on the tombstone installed on the grave of Mirmuhammad Ibrahim Khodja. Based on the indicated epigraphic sources, the article also contains quotations and information about the history of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tariqah, which is not found in manuscript sources. In our work, we used comparative, historical, and chronological research methods.