Abstract. In this article, the author analyzes the contribution of Ahmad Donish in describing the socio-political system in the Bukhara Emirate in the historical work of Ahmad Donish “History of the Mangyt Dynasty”, the range of problems and current issues. Two works by Ahmad Donish are devoted mainly to problems of history and public administration. The main factors in the formation of educational and realistic prose, as well as the influence of political and educational ideas of the 19th and early 20th centuries on the formation and development of artistic prose in Eastern literature are also explored.