Amonulla Buriev was born in 1944 in the village of Karasuv in the Hisar Valley of Tajikistan. He studied at the Faculty of Geography of the Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan) (1961–1970; served in the navy in 1963–1967). At the same time he studied Arabic and Persian at the "Oriental Languages" Faculty of Tashkent State University.
He began his career in the Main Editorial Board of the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia - during 1970-1979 he worked in this institution in the positions of junior editor, cartographer, scientific editor and senior scientific editor. From 1979 to the present, he continues to conduct scientific work at Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences.
In 1988, he defended his PhD thesis at the Institute of Oriental Studies on the topic of “Geographical information in the works of Hafiz-i Abru (Source studies and historical-geographical research)” in the specialty “Historiography and source studies”.
During his career at the Institute, he was a junior research fellow (1979–1990), research fellow (1990–1992), senior research fellow (1992–2003), head of department (1995–2003), leading research fellow (2003 – present), and grant manager (2012–2013). He is currently the head of the Manuscript Cataloging and Electronic Catalogs Department. In 1995, Amonulla Buriev was awarded the title of senior research fellow by the Higher Attestation Commission. In 2019, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Historical Geography of Central Asia in Written Sources of the Timurid Period”, and in 2024, on the recommendation of the Council of the Institute of Oriental Studies, the Higher Attestation Commission awarded Amonulla Buriev the title of professor in the specialty “Historiography, Source Studies and Methods of Historical Research”.
The main part of professor Buriev's scientific research is represented by the study of the written heritage of the Timurid period. His research includes the description of oriental manuscripts, the translation of Persian-language sources into Uzbek and Russian, the historical geography of Central Asia, historical toponymy, the history of science, the history of the culture of the peoples of Uzbekistan, as well as the history of international relations of Uzbekistan. In the period from 1970 to 2024, the total number of publications of the scientist, published in the form of monographs, brochures, theses and articles, amounted to 631 works.
In addition, professor Amonulla Buriev was active in the field of education. He taught geography and source studies at the Department of History of Central Asia of the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies and at the Department of Source Studies of the History Faculty of the National University of Uzbekistan. In 2001–2004, he worked as the head of the Department of Source Studies and Special Historical Disciplines of the History Faculty of the National University. During this time, three candidate dissertations and 21 master's dissertations were defended at the department in the specialty of source studies and historiography.
Amonulla Buriev is a member of the editorial board of the both scientific journals "Meros" (Heritage) of Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies and “Бобур ва дунё” (Babur and the World) of the International Public Foundation named after Babur. For many years, he has been a member of the Tashkent City Toponymic Commission on a voluntary basis, during the years of his activity in which, scientifically substantiating the history of many city toponyms, he gave and continues to give recommendations for their restoration.
By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 28, 2019, Amonulla Buriev was awarded with the Order of “Mehnat Shuhrati” for his many years of fruitful scientific activity.
