A Knowledgeable Merchant, or Who is Hoji Siddiqkhoja Khujandi – a Book Merchant?

The given article dwells on the issue lithographic books edition in Eastern countries, which reached its peak referring to the second half of the 18th century. It is noted that the edition of book was introduced in the relevant area centuries ago, but it was not as popular as books printed on stone. Therefore, it is necessary to attract many personalities’ contribution into the relevant field, namely for the progress of publishing activities. One of these personalities is Hoji Siddiqkhojai Khujandi who was a book merchant as one of the first people traveled to different regions of Shibhi Kara and Central Asia and published various books and brought them to Central Asia. Adducing the results of the analysis concerned with the theme explored we can consider him as one of the first enlighteners who actually worked for the progress and development of tuition.