The article dwells on the main moments of poetess Nodira`s life and creation. She became famous for literary activities writing in Tajik and Uzbek languages. Her poems were distinquished with tuneful melodies suitable for singing. Nodira was one of the outstanding representatives of enlightenment; the central themes of her creation were humanism, love, justice. As the mother of the Kokand governor she played a weighty role in political life. Her name is associated with construction of mosques, medreses, covered markets in Kokand. At the beginning of the XIX-th century Nodira played a significant role in the politico-social life of the state as a state votary and a repressentative of enlightenment.
divans, gazels, mukhammasy, Mokhlaroim-poetess – Nodira, patroness of culture, mosques, medreses, Kokand bath-houses
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