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Abu Mansur al-Moturudiy, a great Tavkhid scientist, was born in the village of Moturud near Samarkand. He received his initial education there as well. There is little information about this scholar and his date of birth is still unknown. We only know that he died in 945, in Samarkand. He created some works on the science of Tavkhid (Secrets of Almighty), such as “Kitob at-Tavkhid” (A book on Unity of the Universe), “Kitob al-Makofat” (The book on levels of religiousness and the bases of religion), and “Kitob Tavilot al-Qur’on” (The book of comments to Koran).
Bahouddin Muhammad Nakshband was born in 1318 in the village of Kasri Hinduvon near Bukhara. Bahouddin means the ray, shine and clarity of religion. Nakshband was his family’s nickname. Muhammad was a craftsman by profession, as was his father. His father was a weaver and craftsman.
He was taught by well-known religious people of the time, like Muhammad Amir laid Kulol, from whom he got secular education, and Mavlono Orif Pekkironi, Kusam Shaikh and Halil Ota.
