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.

She is known to have produced over 15,000 hemistiches of verse and it is still popular in Uzbekistan today. The Ins*ute of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent has a collection of her works.Her father, Siddik Bobo, was an admirer of literature who wrote poems in two languages. Her mother, Chinbibi was also an otin.

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.

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