The land of Transoxiana belonged to the last portions of the ancient
Iran, which was taken over by Muslims in the late 1st/7th century.
Based on sunna and Jama"a, Islam was very rapidly embraced and the Islamic sciences welcomed by the people of that region. Their great
interest in the Islamic sciences, particularly in the Qur"anic and hadith sciences, is noteworthy and thought -provoking. Having resulted from the
prdominance of thought and religious sanctity over all their aspects of life, this led to a general inclination towards the study, research,
memorization, comprehension. and narration of the Qur"anic and hadith
sciences as two sacred disciplines. This, in turn, led to the emergence of
great scholars and the appearance of ,voluminous writings some of which
have remained renowned and universally authoritative ,even to date. Being
started in 3rJ/ 19Ih century, this dynamic movement continued inexhaustiblv
and uninterruptedly until 616/1219. The present article intends to provide, from a historical viewpoint, a perspective of this scholarly movement and
its outcomes as a social, scientific, and religious civilizing movement in
Transoxiana in the 5th6th/ 11th - 12thcenturies through a study of firsthand sources, some of which have been authored within that area or
elsewhere.