SOME MANUSCRIPT COPIES OF ALISHER NAVOY'S "KHAMSA" WRITTEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Abstract

In this article, there is a brief report about the catalog of manuscripts of the Tashkent State Museum of Literature, the total number of manuscripts and lithographic works belonging to Alisher Navoi in the fund where manuscripts are stored in the museum, and the number of manuscript copies of the 19th century “Khamsa” epics among them. information has been provided. The importance of studying these manuscripts was also given. Eleven 19th-century manuscripts from the museum collection have been selected, and you can read about the full description of six manuscripts, some of their shortcomings, and, in addition, their unique features. In some places, a picture of the manuscript is also provided. Among the manuscripts described in full in the article, two epics of “Khamsa” epics “Farhad and Shirin” and “Sab'ai Sayyor” are included, and four epics of miniature “Khamsa”, which is one of the rarest manuscripts, are included. that is, there are copies of the epic “Hayrat ul-Abror” that are not included. Tables were also used to explain the description of the miniature manuscript. In addition, three of the copies containing the complete epics of “Khamsa” and one collection were fully described.

The remaining five 19th century “Khamsa” manuscripts of Alisher Navoi are briefly described using the catalog of manuscripts of the museum fund.

The beginning and ending couplet of manuscript copies with inventory number 151, 224/II in the article are also written in our work. In our research, they are given in Arabic script. Among the manuscripts, the order of the epics in several copies changed during the copying process, and we tried to preserve the same order as in the manuscript.