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The meeting was attended by members of the Council, heads of working groups, and leading scholars — Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni, Professor Bahrom Abduhalimov; Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Jannat Ismoilova; Academician of the Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan, Akbar Hakimov; as well as the management and staff of the Center.

A rare manuscript of Eastern literary heritage, which once served as a scientific foundation for historians of its time and offers an in-depth analysis of the history of regions such as Iran and Turan, the Arab Caliphate, and the dynasties of the Samanids, Seljuks, and Ghaznavids, is currently preserved at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the United States. The Center of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan is presently working to bring this valuable source back to the homeland.

The name “Narshakhi” in Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Zakariyya al-Khattab ibn Sharik al-Narshakhi’s full name comes from the village where he was born.

Fitrat was a prominent intellectual, writer, and political figure of 20th-century Uzbek literature, and one of the leading figures of the Jadid movement. Through his literary and linguistic efforts, he made a significant contribution to the development of the Uzbek and Turkic languages. He sought to create new forms of Uzbek literature, thereby contributing to the understanding of national identity.