The Education System of the Temurid Period, the Activity of Madrasas and the Formation of Scientific Schools

This article analyzes the educational system formed during the Timurid era, the activities of madrasahs, and the processes of the emergence of scientific schools. In particular, it highlights the great attention paid to the development of science and enlightenment during the Timurid era, and the conditions created by the state for scientists. It reveals that madrasahs functioned as centers for teaching not only religious but also secular sciences, and that disciplines such as astronomy and mathematics developed in them. The contributions made by Mirzo Ulugbek to the development of science and the activities of scientific schools formed under their patronage are analyzed. It is shown that during this period, scientific institutions such as the Ulugbek madrasah became major scientific centers and a school of outstanding scientists was formed around them.