Scientific research is being carried out in Uzbekistan to implement a scientific documentation of the collected data on artifacts, enter them into the Electronic Register and publish a register of manuscripts.

The Cultural Heritage Agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage collects information on artifacts related to the history and culture of Uzbekistan, stored in museums, funds, private collections, scientific and cultural institutions around the world, Dunyo reports.

To date, data have been collected on more than 9,000 household items, archaeological finds, various jewelry, manuscripts, documents, textiles, musical instruments related to the history and culture of Uzbekistan, stored in 40 countries of the world.

This invaluable heritage of our ancestors made a great contribution to the development of mankind and Islamic civilization. Since manuscripts make up 44% of this wealth, special attention is paid to their study and promotion.

In 2022, a scientific documentation of 330 cultural objects was identified and carried out - 173 manuscripts, 157 museum exhibits. Based on preliminary results, the “Register of Manuscripts Abroad About Uzbekistan” was published. Volume 1” (The Register of Manuscripts Located overseas concerning Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage).

The monographic study was published in 1000 copies in Uzbek, English and Russian and presented to scientific and cultural institutions and organizations of our republic and about 40 countries of the world. To date, the 2nd and 3rd volumes of this Register and a scientific facsimile of the unique manuscript "Badoe al-Bidai" by Alisher Navoi, which is stored in Turkey, have been prepared for publication.

Another scientific success in 2022 was the publication, on the direct initiative and guidance of the Agency’s employee, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Roik Bakhadyrov, of the first edition of Khabibullaev A. - Ancestral Legacy: Manuscripts in the USA, containing information regarding manuscripts belonging to our scientists stored in libraries US higher education institutions.

The publication contains data obtained as a result of studying the collections of the following 13 libraries, containing scientific descriptions of 556 handwritten copies of 123 works written by 31 scientists.

Princeton University - 278;

Yale University - 140;

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - 51;

Library of Congress (Washington, DC) - 27;

Columbia University - 16;

University of Pennsylvania - 15;

Harvard University (Cambridge) - 13;

National Library of Medicine (Washington, DC) - 11;

Presented are data from 1 manuscript from Haverford College, the University of Utah, Stanford University, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and the University of Iowa Library.

The publication describes the great poets of their time, such as Ahmad Fergani, Imam Bukhari, Isa Termizi, Abu Nasr Farabi, Abu Lays Samarkandi, Abu Rayhan Beruni, Abu Ali Ibn Sina, Mahmud Zamakhshari, Burkhaniddin Marginoni, Sauddin Taftazani, Alisher Navoi, Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur and many others.