Subject: translation theory course paper theme: national and cultural treasures stored in world libraries

KATTALANGAR QURAN
In 2018, the project “Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections” created a facsimile of the Kattalangar Quran from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. As part of humanitarian actions, more than 100 copies of the manuscript were distributed free of charge to libraries and museums around the world, including the Koran was presented to the King of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
According to experts, the total volume of the Kattalangar Quran could be 206 pages. To date, only 97 pages have been preserved, or about half of the volume of the unique manuscript. The history of the appearance of 81 pages of the Koran in Russia is unknown and under what circumstances they were transferred to the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts. Subsequent studies showed that 16 pages of the manuscript are stored in Uzbekistan – in Tashkent and Bukhara. Currently, the fate of more than half the pages of the unique manuscript remains unknown.
ZAFARNAME
The most truthful and complete description of the life and work of the great ruler and commander Amir Temur is “Zafarname” (“Book of Victories”) Sharaf ad-din Ali Yazdi, which is now kept in the collection of the British Library.
The central place in the work of Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi “Zafarnama” is given to Amir Temur. Yazdi describes him as successful in business and victorious in wars, a commander, merciful to the common people, and implacable to traitors and enemies. Almost immediately after completion, the manuscript became one of the most popular works dedicated to the Temurid historical era, and the best artists of that time were involved in its illustration. Magnificent illustrations for the Herat list of manuscripts were created by the famous Herat miniaturist Kamoliddin Behzod. In the miniatures of this cycle, an unknown artist from the Shiraz school created vivid and convincing images of Amir Temur, worthy of his literary source.