Fundamentals of Scientific Biography of Mutrib Khanakharab

Abstract

In this article, the life and works of Muhammad Hasan Mutrib Haji Tabib (1853–1923), a poet of the Khorezm literary environment, are analyzed using scientific and comparative methods. The devan manuscripts of Mutrib kept in the fund of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan with inventory numbers 903/IV, 906/VII, 2679/II, Laffasiy’s tazkira manuscript number 12561, and Matnazar Pirnazarov’s “Mutrib Khanakharabi (Risola–majmua)”, the creative heritage of Bolta Davlatov in the newspaper “Xorazm haqiqati” (issue of July 20, 1991), “Guliston jurnali” (issue 7 of 1974), Polvonnazir Bobojonov (Laffasiy, Tazkirayi Shuaro, 1992) and other publications. The poet’s extensive literary legacy, which includes manuscript and lithographic sources, press publications, anthologies, and chrestomathies, demonstrates the need for comparative research and scientific classification of his life and work. In their study, they discuss the poet’s personality and outlook, his life, and the literary–aesthetic factors that influenced his decision to adopt a pen name. As a consequence of the comparative analysis, the preparation of excellent editions of the Mutrib devan was identified as one of the most pressing tasks of textual studies.