Xo'ja Ismat Buxoriy

Ismat Bukhari (pseudonym; real name Ismatullah) (1365, Bukhara-1436) - poet. Studied in Bukhara. He lived in Samarkand during the reign of Khalil Sultan and Mirza Ulugbek (1404-09; 1409-49). In the 30s of the 15th century, he left the palace and settled in Bukhara. Navoi wrote in "Majolis unnafois" that "Khuja Ismatullo Movarounnahr is one of the nobles. He has perfected the science of Zahir. He became famous for his poetry because of his great eloquence." I. B. is one of the poets who wrote in Turkish, Persian and Arabic languages and started the tradition of zullisonayn in the literary environment of Bukhara. His 8,000-verse divan and 1,035-verse work written in Turkish called "Ibrahim Adham" h ave reached us. I. B. mostly created works in the ghazal, qasida, masnavi, and rubai genres of poetry. He wrote ghazals following Hafiz Shirozi. The basis of his work is the ghazals that discuss life, man, love, youth, work and purity. In his satirical poems,...