This article analyzes the classification of medieval historical sources created in Uzbekistan and their scientific characteristics based on modern methodological requirements of source studies. The purpose of the study is to systematize medieval sources based on genetic, typological and critical criteria and determine their scientific significance in historical reconstruction. Historicity, systematics and comparative-analytical approaches were used in the work. Written, archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and pictorial sources were considered in a comprehensive manner, and their information potential, level of reliability and discursive characteristics were assessed. The results showed that multi-criteria classification of sources strengthens the empirical foundations of historical knowledge and allows for a multi-layered reconstruction of the political, economic and cultural processes of medieval society. The prospects for integrating traditional source studies methods with digital history technologies were also substantiated. The study serves to form a single conceptual classification model in the study of the medieval history of Uzbekistan.

Middle Ages, historical sources, source studies

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