THE STRUCTURE AND THE FEATURES OF “TAZKIRAT-USH-SHUARA” MUTRIBI SAMARKANDI

Abstract

The anthology “Tazkirat-ush-shuara” of Mutribi Samarkandi is one of the most important literary sources of the 16th century, which was written in Moweraunnahr. In general, this work contains information about poets who were either contemporaries of Samarkandi or related to poetry. The value of this anthology as a literary source, although it has not been been entirely studied by researchers, is in that it represents information about the lives, personalities and works of the poets, which is relevant to the study of poetry and the overall literary situation of that period, and which is the subject of separate and in-depth studies. Accordingly, in this article was made an attempt to explore the details of the lives of poets presented in the anthology using different approaches. The style of the language of MutribiSamarkandi used in the description of the year of birth, year of death, place of the poets’ births, their travels, court services for noble people, public services, personal qualities and characteristics of poets has also been assessed.