More than 30 jurists emerged from Ustrushana, one of the prestigious scientific and cultural centers formed during the First Renaissance, one of whom was Majduddin Muhammad ibn Mahmud Ustrushani. This article is about Majduddin Ustrushani and his scientific heritage. Full information is also given on the principles of creating a scientific-critical text of the work of the jurist “al-Asil wa-l-aywiba”.

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Al-Ustrushani, Abu-l-Fath Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn Husayn. (2017). Questions and Answers. Al-As’ila wa-l-Ajwiba. – Tashkent: Mavaraunnahr Publishing House. – 370 p. (in Uzbek)

Khalidov, A. B. (1986). Arabic Manuscripts of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Arabskiye rukopisi Instituta vostokovedeniya AN SSSR.– Moscow, Vol. 1. (in Russian)

Abdulqadir ibn Muhammad Amin. (201). Genealogy and Trees Collection. Majmu’ al-Ansab wa-l-Ashjar. – Manuscript. Uz FASHI. – folio 133b. (in Arabic)

Ismail Basha al-Baghdadi. (1982). Gift of the Knowers of the Names of the Authors and Works of Writers. Hadiyat al-Arifin Asma al-Muallifin wa Asar al-Musannifin. – Beirut. – p. 113. (in Arabic)

Carl Brockelmann. (1993). The History of Arabic Literature. Tarikh al-Adab al-Arabi. – Translated by Yaqoub Bakr and Dr. Ramazan Abdutawwab. – Cairo. – Vols. 5-6. – pp. 714-715. (in Arabic)

Komilov, M. M. (2006). The Development of Fiqh Science in Mavarannahr and Jurist Alauddin as-Samarqandi. – Tashkent. – p. 74. (in Uzbek)

Muminov, A. (n.d.). Kataib Alam al-Akhyar by al-Kafawi (d. 990 /1582) as a Source on the History of Islam in Mavarannahr (III/IX-VII/XIV centuries). – Dissertation. – p. 85. (in Uzbek)

Majduddin Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani. (2017). Questions and Answers. Al-As’ila wa-l-Ajwiba. Edited by Muslim Rizqi Ato. – Tashkent. (in Uzbek)

Majduddin Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani. (3245). The Book of Chapters. Kitab al-Fusul. – Manuscript. Uz FASHI. – folio 1a. (in Uzbek)

Majduddin Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani. (2533/III). Questions and Answers. Al-As’ila wa-l-Ajwiba. – Manuscript. Uz FASHI. – folio 36a. (in Uzbek)

Mahmud ibn Sulayman al-Kafawi. (2533/IV). Selected Kataib Alam al-Akhyar from the Jurists of the Numan Madhhab. Muntakhab Kataib Alam al-Akhyar. – Manuscript. Uz FASHI. – folio 144b. (in Arabic)

Muhyiddin Abdulqadir ibn Abi Wafa al-Qurashi. (1993). Al-Jawahir al-Mudiyya fi Tabaqat al-Hanafiyya. – Cairo. – Vols. 3/366; 4/243. (in Arabic)

Mustafa ibn Abdullah Haji Khalifa. (1982). Kashf al-Zunun. – Cairo. – Vols. 1/55; 2/93. (in Arabic)

Muhammad Abdulhay al-Laknawi. (1972). The Beneficial Notes on the Biographies of Hanafis. Al-Fawaid al-Bahiyya fi Tarajim al-Hanafiyya. – Beirut. –200 p. (in Arabic)

Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani. (1982). The Collection of the Rules for Minors. Jami’ Ahkam al-Sighar. Edited by Abdulhamid Abdulkhaliq al-Bayzali. – Baghdad. (in Arabic)

Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani. (1994). The Collection of the Rules for Minors. Jami’ Ahkam al-Sighar. Edited by Dr. Abu Musab al-Badri and Mahmud Abdurrahman Abdulmunim (Lecturer at Al-Azhar University). – Cairo: Dar al-Fadila. (in Arabic)

Umar Riza Kahhala. (1993). Mu’jam al-Muallifin. – Beirut. – Vol. 11. – pp. 317-318. (in Arabic)

Fahd ibn Nasir ibn Farraj al-Faridi. (1426). Doctoral Dissertation on Chapters 17-20 of Kitab al-Fusul. – Saudi Arabia: Umm al-Qura University. (in Arabic)

Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli. (1999). Al-A’lam: Qamus Tarajim li-Ashhar al-Rijal wa-an-Nisa min al-Arab wa-al-Musta’ribin wa-al-Mustashriqin. – Beirut. – Vol. 7. (in Arabic)

Giladi, Avner. (2024). Al-Asrushani’s Jami’ Ahkam al-Sighar as a Source for the History of Childhood in Muslim Societies: The Case of Enslaved Children. Journal of American Oriental Society, 144(2), 401-416.

Brockelmann, C. (1937). Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur SB I. – Leiden. –653 p. (in German)

Ozel, A. (1990). Hanefi Fıkıh Alimleri. – Ankara. – Vol. 63. (in Turkish)

Unal, H. (1986). Maveraunnehir Jurists: Al-Usrushani. Maverannehir Fakihlerinden Al-Usrushani. – Kayseri. – No. 3. – Vols. 243-249, 415-427. (in Turkish)