THE SCHOLARLY LEGACY OF NAJMIDDIN ZAKHIDI AS AN IMPORTANT WRITTEN SOURCE FOR THE HISTORY OF KHWARAZM IN THE 13TH CENTURY

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Keywords: Najmaddin al-Zakhidi, Khwarezm, Qunyat al-Munya, al-Hawi, al-Mujtaba, Khwarezmian language, source studies

Abstract

This article analyzes the historiographical and historical significance of the scholarly legacy of Najmaddin Mukhtar ibn Mahmud al-Zakhidi. It examines the sources, symbolic abbreviations, elements of the ancient Khwarezmian language, views of Khwarezmian jurists, and information concerning the manuscript copies preserved in the works Qunyat al-Munya, al-Hawi, and al-Mujtaba. The scholarly legacy of Zakhidi is regarded as an important written source illuminating the scholarly and cultural aspects of the history of Khwarazm in the thirteenth century.

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