Abstract
The article pays special attention to religious themes and plots in miniatures created by artists of the medieval Herat school for the epic poem of Alisher Navai “Khayrat ul-abror”.
The first image in the prologue of the poem was created by Kamoliddin Behzod and is dedicated to the Prophet. It is in this part that much attention is paid to the images of the Prophet and angels. In addition, the image of such figures as sheikhs, sages and saints help to strengthen the ideas of Sufism in miniatures.
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The first epic poem of “Khamsa” “Khayrat ul-abror” consists of 3988 verses or 7976 lines. The work consists of sixty-four chapters. It is conventionally divided into three parts - an introduction - 21 chapters, the main part - 40 chapters, that is, twenty articles and twenty additional stories, and a conclusion at the end of the work - 3 chapters. The introduction of the epic consists of the traditional praise of Allah, four prayers, five verses of the Prophet, the description of Sheikh Nizami Ganjavi and Amir Khusraw Dehlavi, the description of Abdurahman Jami, the description of the word and the meaning of the word, the description of Sultan Hussein and the description of the heart, three explanations of the wonder, and the praise of Khoja Bahauddin Naqshband. The content of the twenty articles of the work is as follows: 1. A commentary on faith. In the appendix, the story of Sultan ul-Arifin Sheikh Bayazid; 2. In the chapter on Islam. The story of Ibrahim Adham and Rabiyayi Adawiya is in the appendix; 3. In the chapter on Saladin. The story of Shah Huzi and the gold and silver; 4. In the story of the hypocritical (sheikhs). The story of Khoja Abdullah Ansari about dervishes; 5. In the description of Karam. The story of Hatam Tai and the third old man is in the appendix; 6. In the style of Adab. The story of Anushirvan and the Queen; 7. In the chapter on Satisfaction. The story of the satisfied and the greedy; 8. About loyalty. The story of Amir Temur and two loyal companions is in the appendix; 9. In the description of the grass of love. The story of Sheikh Iraqi in the appendix; 10. In the description of honesty. The parable of the lion and the durraj; 11. About the reputation of science. The story of Imam Fakhriddin Razi and Sultan Muhammad Khorezmshah is in the appendix; 12. About the pen and the people of the pen. The story of Sheikh Suhrawardi and the calligrapher “Qiblat ul-Kuttab” Yakut is added; 13. In the chapter on those who benefit like companions. The story of Sheikh Ayubi the caliph and the thief are added; 14. Complaint against the sky. The will of Alexander is added; 15. In honor of the fortune tellers of Jahl May. The story of Bani Isra’ili Rind; 16. About the manuscripts. The story of Abdullah Mubarak is added; 17. The description of nature. The story of Zaynul Abidin is added; 18. In the care of the sky. The story of the Chinese beauty is added in the appendix; 19. In the description of Khorasan. The story of Bahram is given in the appendix; 20. Description of Prince Bediuzzaman. The story of Khoja Muhammad Porso and his son Khoja Abu Nasr is added.
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