7th day - Sadriddin Ayni Museum

SADRIDDIN    AYNI  MUSEUM

 Hello everybody ! 

Todayʼs blog is about one of the most well-known  architectural monuments  of Bukhara , Sadriddin Ayni Museum - Cell . I gained some new information about this museum that I havenʼt ever heard , during this trip. Now I am going to share some of them with you🤓

The memorial museum, placed in the Kukeldash madrasa, is devoted to the lives of Sadriddin Ayni (1878-1954) and Jalol Ikromi (1909-1989), the outstanding classical writers of the Uzbek and Tajik literature. It is located near the Labi -Hauz ensemble , in Old Part of Bukhara. 

In the beginning of the 20th century, Bukhara was a center of the Jadid movement (Jadid from Arabic means 'new'). This historical movement created many talented writers and poets, including Sadriddin Ayni and Jalol Ikromi. In comparison with the previous literary trends, two scholars' works came to highlight enlightening issues. They advocated secular education and liberation of spiritual sphere. In Ayni's poetic and prosaic legacy, one could see further development of the traditions of both classical and Jadid literature in the Uzbek and Tajik languages.

His works such as "Odina," "The Money-Lender's Death," "The Slaves," "Dakhunda," and "The Memories" are the great achievements of the Uzbek and Tajik literature.

Now I want to give some information about the life path of him.

Sadriddin  Ayni was born on April 27 (15), 1878 in the village of Soktari, Gijduvan district, Bukhara emirate (Gijduvan district, Bukhara region of Uzbekistan). He was an outstanding Tajik and Uzbek orientalist  . His father, Saidmurodhodja, was a farmer and peasant , however despite  being illiterate and poor-educated , he tried to make his children educated and knowledgeable.

He became an orphan at 12 and moved to join his older brother in Bukhara, where he attended a madrasa and learned to write in Arabic. It was very difficult for poor scholars such as Ayni to do and study at Bukhara madrasah. However, because of his enthusiasm and desire for knowledge, he overcame all the difficulties of life and education and studied for 16 years in the madrasah of Bukhara. Ayni studied at the madrasahs of Miri Arab, Olimjon, Badalbek, Khoja Zohid and Kukaldosh and graduated in 1908.

At school of life, Sadriddin studied society. He studied the life knowledge of different segments of the population, the class relations of people, executioners of the emir, the struggle of the rich and the poor. Since 1896, Sadriddin Ayni began to write poetry under the pen name Ayni. After reading the work of Ahmadi Donish “Navodir-ul-wakoe”, Aini’s attitude to the rotten structure of the Bukhara emirate has completely changed, and a secret hatred of this shabby society has appeared in his heart. Therefore, at the beginning of the 20th century, Ayni continued to create advanced ideas of teachers Ahmadi Donish and Shahin and determined his future path. “Tahzib – us – sibiyon” was created by Ayni in 1909 with the aim of educating adolescents in a modern spirit for students of new methodological schools in Bukhara.

Amir did not like such good deeds. Thus, Ayni was thrown into prison and beaten 75 times with sticks. After 52 days at the hospital, Sadriddin Ayni moved to Samarkand. 

Everywhere, the founders and teachers of new schools were insulted, threatened, and considered them the plague of recent times. In particular, Abduvahid Munzim and Sadriddin Ayni were under intense pressure. But they did not leave the sacred profession of a teacher, there were even times when they went to school in women’s clothing to avoid the enemy. However, on September 25, 1909, by order of the government of the emirate, the Munzim school was closed. After that, teaching Bukhara in schools according to the new  method was prohibited. 

So, at the end of my today's blog I want to say that

 after reading the life path of Sadriddin Ayni  I realized  that  he was very brave and courageous person , because he didn't stop his actions despite any trouble and any cruelty that was done to him.  It was life lesson and big motivation for me . I realized that  if we fail in some cases,  we shouldn't stop our action and keep going on it until we succeed. 

This is a photo with my dears and I will wait for your comments 👀