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Nodira

1792–1842 · 19th century · Also known as Mohlaroyim

Nodira was an Uzbek poet and the wife of Umar Khan of Kokand. She wrote in Chagatai Turkic and Persian, and after her husband's death in 1822 she had great influence during the reign of her son Muhammad Ali Khan, supporting poets and founding schools. When Nasrullah of Bukhara took Kokand in 1842 she was executed together with her son.

Nodira
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Khanate of Kokand

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