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The artifact expected to be featured in the exhibition of the Center of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan was discovered in 1894 at the Mugtepa site near the village of Tul in the Sokh District of the Fergana Region. In academic literature, it is referred to as the “Sokh find”. The artifact is made of chrysotile and measures 27 cm in height, 24 cm in width, 4.5 cm in thickness, and weighs 4.806 kg.

The scientific and educational events of the “Enlightenment Caravan” advocacy group, organized under the theme “Civilization, Culture, Enlightenment”, are ongoing in the Surkhandarya region.

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.