Corpus of Philosophical Fragments by Central Asian Thinkers (al-Farabi, Biruni, Ibn Sina, al-Khwarizmi, Navai, Babur)

Corpus of Philosophical Fragments by Central Asian Thinkers================================================================================ AUTHORS:Azizova, Nasiba B. (Karshi State University, Uzbekistan) DESCRIPTION:This dataset comprises a curated collection of original-language fragments from the works of six major Central Asian thinkers: al-Farabi (10th c.), al-Biruni (11th c.), Ibn Sina (11th c.), al-Khwarizmi (9th-10th c.), Alisher Navai (15th c.), and Zahiriddin Babur (16th c.). The fragments are selected to illustrate the philosophical foundations of the concept of "linguistic personality" in the medieval Central Asian tradition, with a focus on ontology of language, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, and ethico-soteriological functions of speech. FILE STRUCTURE:- Central_Asian_Thinkers_Corpus.csv : main data file in UTF-8 encoding COLUMN DESCRIPTIONS:| Column | Description ||----------------------|-------------|| ID | Unique fragment identifier (e.g., FRG_001) || Author | Name of the thinker (standardized Latin) || Source | Title of the work (original language transcription) || Original_Language | Arabic, Persian, or Old Uzbek (Chagatai) || Original_Text | Fragment in original script (Unicode) || English_Translation | Author's English translation || Russian_Translation | Author's Russian translation (if available) || Philosophical_Topic | Comma-separated list of topics (ontology, epistemology, ethics, etc.) | DATA SOURCES:All fragments are transcribed from canonical printed editions:- al-Farabi (1996). Ara ahl al-madina al-fadila. Beirut.- al-Biruni (1973-1976). Al-Qanun al-Mas'udi. Tashkent.- Ibn Sina (1980-1982). Al-Shifa. Tashkent.- al-Khwarizmi (1983). Kitab al-jabr wa-l-muqabala. Tashkent.- Navai (1966). Muhokamat ul-lughatayn. Tashkent.- Navai (1987). Khamsa. Tashkent.- Babur (1990). Babur-nama. Tashkent. LICENSE:This dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).You are free to share and adapt the material, provided you give appropriate credit. CITATION:When using this dataset, please cite:Azizova, N. B. (2026). Corpus of Philosophical Fragments by Central Asian Thinkers (al-Farabi, Biruni, Ibn Sina, al-Khwarizmi, Navai, Babur) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20701843 VERSION:1.0 (2026-06-15) CONTACT:For questions or suggestions, please contact: [email protected]================================================================================

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