CONTENTS

Bubnova M.A.

Glazed artistic ceramics from the miners town Bazardar (Eastern Pamir)

Torlanbayeva K.U.

Manichaeism on the territory of Medieval Taraz

Welsford T.

“Shahr-i Sang–i Sabz”: The Timurid heritage of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Samarkand

Khamrayev F.M.

Cave-cult complexes on the territory of Xinjang-Uygur autonomous region of China

Ahmedov S.A.

The museum “Azerbaijan on the Great Silk Road” in Sangachal caravanserai

Skripkina S.M.

Russian scientists and traveler’s description of the Sulaiman-Too as a religious centre of the Ferghana Valley

CONFERENCES

UNESCO-IICAS Scientific-methodological workshop “Rock Art Serial Nomination in Central Asia”

Workshop on the conservation and management of Persian, Timurid and Mughal Architecture

5th UNESCO Sub-regional Workshop on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Road

Working meeting for World Heritage Nomination of the Rock Art Sites in Central Asia

International scientific conference “Capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent is 2200”

International scientific conference “Mirzo Ulugbek and his contribution to the development of World Science”

Calendar of UNESCO Jubilee Events (2008-2009)

SCHOLARS OF CENTRAL ASIA

In memory of Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920-2009)