V nastoyashchiy sbornik vklyucheny issledovaniya d.i.n. Sh.S.Kamoliddina po etnogenezu i etnicheskoy istorii narodov Sredney Azii, opublikovannye v raznye gody v razlichnykh nauchnykh izdaniyakh. Sbornik sostoit iz 18 statey, kotorye po soderzhaniyu mozhno uslovno razdelit' na neskol'ko grupp. Odna stat'ya posvyashchena analizu obshcheprinyatykh podkhodov pri opredelenii etnicheskoy i yazykovoy prinadlezhnosti tekh ili inykh drevnikh plemen i narodov, upomyanutykh v pis'mennykh istochnikakh. 3 stat'i posvyashcheny issledovaniyu etnicheskoy prinadlezhnosti otdel'nykh istoricheskikh lits, uchenykh i politicheskikh deyateley. 4 stat'i posvyashcheny voprosam etnogeneza i etnicheskoy prinadlezhnosti otdel'nykh narodov Sredney Azii. 3 stat'i posvyashcheny nauchnoy diskussii vokrug "Etnicheskogo atlasa Uzbekistana" (2002 g.). 2 stat'i posvyashcheny issledovaniyu istochnikov, kharakterizuyushchikh etnicheskuyu situatsiyu v Sredney Azii v epokhu rannego i razvitogo srednevekov'ya. 3 stat'i posvyashcheny voprosu ob etnicheskoy prinadlezhnosti dinastii Samanidov i ikh predkov. Odna stat'ya, napisannaya v soavtorstve s palestinskim uchenym B.Barakatom, posvyashchena issledovaniyu dokumentov, kasayushchikhsya istorii uzbekskoy obshchiny v Ierusalime, funktsionirovavshey s nach. KhVI v. po nastoyashchee vremya.