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Special Issue on Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia
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Classification of the Activities of the

Madrassah of the Temurian Period

Imomov Ulugbek Ismoilovich

Student, The Faculty of History, Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT consisted of three rooms for two students: a hostel, a study
In the ancient Oriental world, the madrassahs built by the room and a boiler room.
Timurid and the educational process in them had a very
high status. This article gives a brief overview of the Another important issue that needs to be clarified. In the
education system in madrassahs built during the Timurid past, mosques and khanaks were built near the madrassah.
period and the subjects taught there. In addition, it lists the According to Soviet ideology, khanaks were often considered
leading scientists of their time who worked under Amir in scientific works only as places of memory for dervishes
Temur and Mirzo Ulugbek. and calandars, sheikhs and ascetics. The Uzbek Soviet

Encyclopedia says this: the mosque was built as a resting
KEYWORDS: Amir Temur, Qur’an, hadith, teaching, debate, place for dervishes, and large halls of large khanaks, built as
mudarris, mutawalli, sheikh, naqv, orthography, classroom, part of mausoleums as a centre of dervish associations, were
treasury, khanaqah surrounded by rooms for pilgrims.

INTRODUCTION Usually there are verses from the Koran or hadith on the
The famous madrassahs of the East have historically been roofs and doors of madrasahs that require knowledge. For
established as universities, which are inextricably linked to example, Mirzo Ulugbek's invitation was engraved on the
the emergence of new methods of education. In the eighth roof of a madrassah in Bukhara built in 1417 under the title
and ninth centuries, students were taught science, mainly in
"Education is compulsory for every Muslim and Muslim
mosques, where they were taught the sciences of Islam as woman". Such verses in the Koran and the call for hadith had
well as Islamic sciences (the science of transport) and helped to develop knowledge among young people.
individual sciences (the science of the mind). They wrote
what the Taliban were told during the teachings. This The classification of the sciences taught, the level of teaching
method is called the 'spelling' method. Since the 10th and the position of teachers are divided into two levels: the
century, schools have abandoned the 'spelling' method. first is a general education institution called a madrassah. In
Adam Metz, a Swiss Arab scientist, writes: "The advent of
this group of madrassahs, the science of transport - religious
new teaching methods, in turn, has led to new types of sciences - and the science of the mind - general sciences and
educational institutions. While the 'spelling' method was social sciences are taught in depth. These madrassahs have
considered the highest in learning, the 'tadris' method existed in small towns and sometimes in big cities. Students
(commentary) has been the leading method since the 10th
who graduated from madrassahs worked mainly as teachers
century. The tadris method was inextricably linked to the in ordinary schools, imams in mosques, muftis in Kazakhstan
scientific debates that took place at the time, and mosques and in other positions, and some talented young people
were not suitable for debates. As a result, a madrassah was
continued their studies in madrassahs.
established by that time. Schools were left in front of the
mosques. The second was called Madrassahi Oliya, and education was
at the highest level. There were high school graduates, and
Special buildings were built for madrassahs, the largest
these madrassahs were located mainly in central cities, in
madrassahs were built by rulers, large landowners, Sharia cities with developed science and culture, such as
and religious leaders. The madrassah reflects the most Samarkand, Bukhara and Herat.
beautiful traditions of Eastern architecture. Extremely high
and majestic minarets have also been built in madrassahs
In madrassahs, as a rule, four days a week - Sunday, Monday,
and mosques. The building accommodated rooms for 2-4 Tuesday and Saturday; two days - Wednesday and Thursday
students, teachers, a trustee, the mosque imam, a muezzin are self-studying days; and Friday is a day off. The study
room and several classrooms. There was also a rich library,
lasted six months a year, and as a rule the school year started
reading room and a place to observe their work in large on the first day of the month and ended on the first day of the
madrassahs of national importance. For example, Mir Arab hamal month. In the months of Hamal, Savra, Javzo, Cancer,
Madrassah in Bukhara had rooms for over a hundred Asada and Sanbulah, students were busy with their work.
students.
Special decrees from the khans and kings came to the
madrassah about this.
Main body
Samarkand madrassahs played an important role in the In both groups of madrassahs, the morphology and syntax of
science of the Timurid period. Ulugbek Madrassah was one of the Arabic language are studied deeply and for a long time.
the most famous madrassahs in Movarounnahr and Because in madrassahs almost all the works in all subjects
Khorasan. It was two-storey and had 55 rooms. Each room and their comments are written in Arabic, and perfect

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