Статьи · Vol. 1 No. 3 (2026)

Theory, Foundations And Characteristics Of Textual Criticism: A Comparative Study Of Uzbek And Arabic Traditions

Authors

  • Jamoliddin BADIYEV

Keywords

textual criticism tekstologiya literary source studies Arabic (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ manuscript tradition Yollugʼ Tigin colophon (khatm al-kitab) attribution by/4.0/) athetesis conjecture digital textual criticism NLP algorithms Central Asia

Abstract

This article provides a scientific analysis of the theoretical Received: 15-05-2026 foundations, object, and subject matter of textual criticism (tekstologiya), as Accepted: 28-05-2026 well as its comparative stages of development within Uzbek and Arabic cultural Published:04-06-2026 traditions. The study traces the mutual influence between ancient Turkic inscriptions and the Arabic manuscript arts of the Islamic civilisation period, examines the strict structural principles of text composition, and illuminates both traditional and contemporary methodologies in the study of manuscripts. Special attention is devoted to three core scholarly methods – attribution, athetesis, and conjecture – and to the emerging role of digital textual criticism and NLP Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. algorithms in the analysis of manuscript traditions. The article argues that the Submitted for open access publication Uzbek and Arabic textual criticism traditions are not separate phenomena but under the terms and conditions of the complementary layers of a single, centuries-long scholarly heritage centred in Creative Commons Attribution (CC Central Asia. BY) license

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