Sadriddin Aini's House-Museum
Sadriddin Said Murodzoda, better known as Sadriddin Aini, is one of the most famous Uzbek writers, translator, public figure, historian, scientist, author of numerous works on the history and literature of Central Asia. Sadriddin Aini was fluent in Uzbek and Tajik languages and was the founder of Uzbek and Tajik literature. In addition, the author was fluent in Russian language.
The future writer and historian was born in Bukhara in 1878. After the cholera epidemic in his hometown, he early lost both parents. He received an excellent education at the Bukhara Kukeldash madrasah. After studying, due to the duty of his activity, he was acquainted with outstanding Bukhara cultural and educational figures. He was one of the brightest associates of the Jadid movement. The Jadids are a Muslim, modernist reform movement of Central Asia of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Members of this movement were ardent opponents of the conservative trend in Islam, which was called Kadimism. The supporters of the movement wanted to promote education and science in Central Asia.
In addition, Sadriddin Aini was the first Academician and head of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR and made an invaluable contribution to the development of culture and literature of the Uzbek and Tajik people.
In 1917, Sadriddin Aini, fleeing from the persecution of the last Emir of Bukhara, Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, fled from his hometown and settled in Samarkand, in a house located near the famous Registan Square. Sadriddin Aini lived in the house opposite which the poets' garden is located – “Shoirlar Boghi”, for about 35 years, until 1950. At the time of the writer's move, the house consisted of one part, which was built by the previous owners back in the XVIII century. Under Sadriddin Aini, in 1930 he personally completed a new extension to the house.
Living in this house, the great writer wrote his most famous works, among which are: “Kullar”, “The Uprising of Mukanna” and “Odina”. These works brought him wide popularity.
In 1967, the house that belonged to Sadriddin Aini on the initiative of the head of the Uzbek SSR, Sharaf Rashidov, received the status of Sadriddin Aini's House-Museum. Today, visitors can see the living rooms and two workrooms of the writer, which seem to still keep the invisible presence of the great figure of literature. The museum's exposition presents the author's personal belongings, furniture, objects of the pre-Soviet and Soviet eras, books, newspapers, magazines and manuscripts. In addition, there is an extensive exposition of his works, which consists of eight volumes of books in Uzbek, six volumes in Russian, 15 volumes in Tajik and several copies written in Farsi.
In one of the rooms, in its corner, you can find a unique sandalwood “Nakshinkor”, where the writer warmed himself on winter evenings.
A bust of Sadriddin Aini is installed in the courtyard of the house. Cultural events and creative meetings of writers and poets are regularly held in the house-museum.
The doors of the house-museum are regularly open to visitors from 9:00 am to 20:00 pm.