Ibraghim Muminov

He was advised by such major scholars as: S. Aini, as well as E.E. Bertels (1890–1957), a well-known orientalist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Ibrohim Mo‘minov (Russified form Ibragim Muminov) (Ibrohim Moʻminov, November 7, 1908, Tezguzar – July 22, 1974, Tashkent) was an Uzbek intellectual and scholar.

Founder of the philosophical school in Uzbekistan.

Mo‘minov initially studied at maktab – a Muslim school, and after 1920, opportunities for studying at the Soviet school appeared.

Mo‘minov in the late 1920s continued his studies in the capital of Uzbekistan – Samarkand, where he graduated from the socio-economic faculty of the Uzbek Pedagogical Academy with a degree in history, philosophy in 1931.

Mo‘minov was an active participant in the creation of the Samarkand State University.

In 1922–1927 he studied at the Institute of Education in Bukhara, since 1925 he was a teacher at the school.

In 1933, a joint literary faculty was appointed dean.

From 1933 to 1935 he was dean of the history department of SamGU.

In 1937, the NKVD, on a false denunciation, arrested his brother Arabboy Mo‘minov.

The brother was sentenced to ten years in the Stalinist camps.

A few years later, his brother's wife also died.

In this difficult situation, Mo‘minov showed courage and took care of the children of his older brother.

Until 1941, he headed the department of philosophy.

Mo‘minov participated in the organization of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR and in the same 1943 was elected its corresponding member.

In 1944–1955, the head of the Department of Philosophy at SamGU.

In 1950 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

He was the director of the Institute of History and Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1955–1956).

At the initiative of Mo‘minov, new departments were created at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR: "History of the Great Patriotic War", "History of Irrigation", "Historiography"

In 1956 he was elected an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1956–1974).

Mo‘minov was among the main organizers of the first All-Union Conference of Orientalists in Tashkent, which was held in July 1957.

Orientalists from all over the Soviet Union, as well as China, Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Romania took part in it.

Mo‘minov was the organizer and first director of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1958–1959).

Mo‘minov owns more than 200 publications on various issues of philosophy and history.

He was a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR (4 convocations).

In 1960, Mo‘minov led the Uzbek delegation at the XXV International Congress of Orientalists in Moscow.

I. Mo‘minov in the conditions of liberalization of the post-Stalin era tried to organizationally implement the unrealized plans of his teachers: V. Vyatkin, P. Saliev, M. Saidzhanov to study the history of Samarkand.

In the 1960s, I. Mo‘minov, with the support of Sh.

Rashidov, developed the idea of a broad study of the history of higher education - the system of madrassas in Samarkand.

On the initiative of I. Mo‘minov in 1964, it was decided to create a museum in Samarkand for his teacher S. Aini.

Mo‘minov from 1966 to 1974 was chairman of the standing commission on foreign affairs of the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR.

In 1967, the museum was inaugurated.

Under the editorship of Mo‘minov, a two-volume history of Samarkand was prepared and published from ancient times until 1969.

The main scientific activity of Mo‘minov was related to the study of the philosophical heritage of the peoples of Central Asia.

It was planned to restore the education system at Mirzo Ulugbek Madrasah and celebrate the 550th anniversary of the madrasah in 1970, but the initiative came up against opposition from reactionaries both in Uzbekistan and abroad.

Mo‘minov was the initiator and organizer of the conference in 1970 dedicated to the 2500th anniversary of Samarkand.

By this date, the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan was formed and transferred from Tashkent to Samarkand.

In connection with the festivities of the 2500th anniversary of Samarkand, the Museum of the History of the Foundation of Samarkand was opened, and for the first time in the history of the Uzbek SSR, a monument to Mirzo Ulugbek was erected.

A monument was also erected to the classics of oriental poetry A. Jami and A. Navoi.

Only after Uzbekistan gained independence in 2000, academician B. Valikhodjaev tried to revive this idea in a different format.