Today, April 22, an international scientific symposium was held in the Presidium Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan dedicated to the 1190th anniversary of the founder of the classical school of poetry and music of the Somonid era, Abulabbosi Bakhtiyor (834-920).
The conference was opened by vice president of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Muhammaddovud Salomiyon, who expressed his thoughts on the content of the conference and the position of science, literature, culture, and music during the Somonid statehood.
In his introductory speech, the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, an associated member of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Khushvakhtzoda Qobiljon Khushvakht, emphasized that the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, expressed the following thoughts about the role and place of the first national state of the Tajiks, the Somonids, in the history of human civilization: “In fact, the era of culture, civilization, the development of science and literature, the glory and power of the Tajik state is associated with the reign of the Sоmonids, especially Shоh Ismoili Somoni. This era can be called a bright and proud stage of national civilization and the peak of statehood, the formation of prominent personalities, scientists, poets, and prominent state figures”.
Indeed, the material and spiritual civilization of the Somonid era holds a special place in the history of world civilization, and its brilliant figures, Hakim Tirmidhi, Abulabbasi Bakhtiyor, Abulabbasi Sarakhsi, Rudaki, Abumansur Daqiqi, Firdawsi, Abuali Ibn Sina, Aburayhan al-Biruni, and others, made a significant contribution to the formation and development of human civilization their works are inextricably linked to the historical process of the formation of the historical, scientific, philosophical, literary heritage, and the invaluable artistic wealth of the Tajik and Iranian peoples. During the Somonid era, history, science, language and literature, scientific and applied music, and the arts made great progress, the creative representatives of this golden age have brought to the stage a vast literary, historical, scientific, philosophical, artistic, and creative space that is fundamentally classic and enduring in human civilization.
Mentioned, that the creative and scientific figures of the Somonid era, including the period of scientific and administrative activity of the outstanding figure, the founder of the classical and cultural school, Abulabbasi Bakhtiyor, were a period of great prosperity in the history, nation, language, and the Renaissance of the civilization of the Tajiks and the peoples of Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Near East.
The creative representatives of the Somonid era were state-builders and cultural builders after the advent of Islam in the history of the East. In the systematic administrative structure of the state, they not only recreated the ancient system and traditions of the Aryan empires in a constructive manner, but also created a favorable atmosphere for creativity, promoting the development of the economy and trade, science and education, and art, bringing a broad impetus to progress.
In the continuation of the conference, along with Tajik researchers, as well as scholars and artisans from the United States, France, Canada, India, and Uzbekistan, who participated and spoke in person and in absentia, discussed pressing and under-researched issues of the history and civilization of the first centralized state of the Tajiks - the Somonids, and its prominent representative, the accomplished scholar, the founder of the classical school of poetry, music, and culture of the Somonid era, Abulabbos Bakhtiyor, and his time were discussed.
