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Biography
Bobrahim Mashrab (1653-1711) was a sufi mystic, medieval scientist and is considered the great Uzbek poet, a representative of mystical literature, and a famous name in Central Asian folk law.
Life
Bobrahim Mullah Wali was born into a family of Mullah Wali, in the city of Namangan, Uzbekistan during 1653AD. At aged 12 in 1665 he went to the city of Qashqar to study under Afaq Khawaja. From 1673 to the end of his life he lived his life as a travelling mystic. He took the name Bobrahim Mashrab (also known as Боборахим Машраб) as a Pseudonym. He is credited with various miracles and the conversion to Islam of Khan Guldan, of the Qalmaq empire. In 1711, he was hanged by the governor of Balkh Mahmud.
He wrote in both Uzbek and Persian and his famous works “Mabdai nur” and “Kimyo” are still popular today in Central Asia. He left a legacy in terms of size and genres of art are still not defined and he had a significant impact on the creation of the next century or so of literature.