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@article{170789,
        author = {Dr. AMINA BIBI},
        title = {THE RISE OF ISLAM IN UZBEKISTAN},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {1698-1713},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170789},
        abstract = {This research paper is consisting of the detailed history of the Islamization of Central Aisa in general and Uzbekistan in particular. It will focus on how the Iraninan nomads came and occupied modern republic of Uzbekistan. The role of Arab armies for the process of Islamization. Initially, Islam was forced by the Arabs, but after some years, a moderate approach was adopted for Islamicization. Immediately after the Arab invasion, Sufism, the spiritual tradition of Islam, penetrated deeply into Central Asia. The Mongol rulers were Turkicized and Islamicized. There was a new Muslim scholarship establishment during Uzbek Tamerlane (1336-1405) and his successors (the Timurid period). During 19th century, Central Asian countries had witnessed the Great Game between the Russian empire and the Great Britain. This time had fuelled with the Russian imperial expansion in the south frontier of Afghanistan and by British counter strategy to counter the Russian influence and aggression in Afghanistan. In 19th century, Central Asian Islamic population has been surrounded by the Russia, Great Britain and China. These foreign powers had attacked the nomadic way of life, Islam as a religion and the existing infrastructure of Central Asia. Further, Tsarist Russia’s policy towards Islam was in the shape of two categories - one for the steppe region nomads, and the second for Transoxiana’s sedentary population. Subsequently, in the Steppe region, Islam had changed in the mid 19th century. The main urban centers had come under the Tsarist troops. In this region, Islamic institutions largely remained, but later some of the ulema’s highest offices were abolished. The transformation of Islam into the Central Asian region and the Soviet policy towards Islam went through different phases. During the earliest years of Soviet rule from 1917 to 1925, the Central Asia Basmachi used religion to rally support. They considered themselves as the ‘Army of Islam’ and claimed themselves as protecting the faith in opposition to the infidels. During World War II, the change was witnessed in Central Asia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the undergrounded Islamic activities tried to revive their tentacles.},
        keywords = {Islam, Central Asia, Jadid, Sufism, Khanates, Great Game},
        month = {December},
        }