History of Samarkand History

Culture. Applied and visual art. The 2 gems found in Samarkand are the oldest visual art monuments. There are images depicting the life of the settled and nomadic peoples of Central Asia related to agriculture and animal husbandry. The consequences of the conquest of Alexander the Great were reflected in the art of Samarkand of the Sogd-Hellenic period . Among the terracotta items (cups, bowls, water bottles, etc.) belonging to the later periods, figurines aimed at realistic representation of the image of a woman or a young man are noteworthy. By the 5th-7th centuries, handicrafts and mural painting were highly developed. During the period of Timur and Timurids, various industries of textile and tanning, cover making and embroidery, painting, artistic carving and jewelry, goldsmithing, arts and crafts developed rapidly.
Literature. It is known that monumental works on literary theory and linguistics were created in Samarkand as early as the 12th century. Later "Miftah al-Ulum" by Yusuf Sakkoki Khorezmi . Sa'addin Taftazani's work "Mukhtasar al-maani" , Said Sharif Jurjani's treatises on poetics and artistic works were created. All this led to the rise of literary studies, linguistics and fiction in Samarkand by the 15th century. In Salahiddin Musa Qaziza, Rumi's "Sharhi pura dar", "Taftazani", "Sharhi "Muftah al-Ulum"i Taftazani" by Ali Kushchi Samarkandi, " Risola al-istiorat" and "Risola al-istiorat as-Samarkandi" by Abul Qasim Samarkandi were written. . Information about 160 poets was given in the anthology "Tazkirat ush-shuaro" by Davlatshah ibn Bakhtishad . These works had a positive effect on the work of Abdurahman Jami and Alisher Navoi .
During the period of Timur and Timurids , poets such as Mavlano Sakkokiy Bisotiy Samarkandi, Jawhariy Khoja Sogdiy Samarkandiy, Mirzabek, Z.Vasifiy, and Riyaziy created high literary and artistic works in Uzbek and Persian-Tajik languages . Samarkand became the center of scientific and literary life. Poets and scholars like