Jahonotin Uvaysiy Explained

Jahonotin Uvaysiy (1780–1845) was a Sufi poet from Margilon in the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan. She was an Otin-Oys, an Uzbek religious woman held in great esteem.^[1]

She produced over 15,000 hemistiches of verse and it is still popular in Uzbekistan today. The Institute of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent has a collection of her works.^[2] Her father, Siddik Bobo, was an admirer of literature who wrote poems in two languages. Her mother, Chinbibi was also an otin.^[3]

Bibliography

• Uvaysiy. Devon. Tashkent, 1963
• Uvaysiy. Ko’ngil gulzori (The flower-bed of the soul). Tashkent, 1983.
• E.Ibrohimova. Uvaysiy. Tashkent, 1963.
• T.Jalolov. O’zbek shoiralari. (Uzbek poetess). Tashkent, 1970.
• I.Hakkulov. Uvaysiy she’riyati. (The poetry of Uvaysi). Tashkent, 1982.

Notes and References

1. http://raziasultanova.co.uk/YTM%2008-Sultanova-FINAL.pdf Female Celebrations in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan: The Power of Cosmology in Musical Rites
2. http://ligne13.maisondesculturesdumonde.org/sites/default/files/fichiers_attaches/sultanova-2007.pdf Female Sufism in Central Asia: from poetry to music
3. http://www.ziyouz.uz/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68:jahonotin-uvaysiy-1781-1845&catid=37:xvi-first-half-of-xix-century&Itemid=53 Jahonotin Uvaysiy (1781-1845)