Jahonotin Uvaysiy
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Jahonotin Uvaysiy | |
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| Born | Jahon 1781 |
| Died | 1845 (aged 63–64) Margilan, Khanate of Kokand |
| Pen name | Uvaysiy |
| Occupation | Sufi poet |
| Language | Chagatai |
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]
