Научное наследие Шерали Турдиева

The Scientific Heritage of Sherali Turdiyev

The literary and academic heritage of Sherali Turdiyev, one of the foremost figures in Uzbek literature, a prominent literary scholar, a specialist in Jadid studies and archival science, and a researcher who revealed numerous previously unexplored aspects of history, serves as an invaluable source for future scholarly research. This article discusses one of the unpublished manuscript drafts found in the scholar’s archive — the monograph From the History of Uzbekistan’s International Literary and Cultural Relations (From the Late Nineteenth Century to the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century) — with particular emphasis on several of its chapters and thematic sections. It presents historical facts, archival documents, and previously unexplored sources that have not yet been widely known to the scholarly community. It examines the literary and cultural relations between Uzbek intellectuals and foreign countries, the international scholarly and educational connections of the Jadid movement, and a range of issues illuminated through sources that had not previously been introduced into academic discourse. The article evaluates the manuscript's scholarly significance, its value as a historical source, and its contribution to the study of the history of Uzbekistan’s literary and cultural relations.