Mashrab

Bābārahim Mashrab (Боборахим Машраб, Boborahim Mashrab) (1653-1711) was a classic figure in Uzbek literature, a poet and thinker, a follower of the Sufi Tarikat tradition, and a dervish of the Sufi order of Nakshbandiyya. His name holds a prominent place in the ranks of such prominent representatives of Uzbek literature as Navoi, Agahi, Mukimi, Furqat, and Zavki. Through his creative works, he exerted significant influence on the development and refinement of Uzbek literature from the late 17th to the early 18th century.

==Early life== Information about Boborahim Mashrab’s life is scant and subject to speculation. One of the "sources" used to reconstruct his life is a legend-like, anonymous work Şɔh Maşrab Qïssasï. Boborakhim Mashrab was born in 1657 AD (1050 Hijri) in Namangan. According to other sources, Mashrab’s year of birth is 1640, and his place of birth is the village of Andigan (not to be confused with Andijan), near Namangan. His teacher was the theologian Mulla Bozor Okhun from Namangan. Based on Bozor Okhun's recommendation, Mashrab became a student of the Sufi Ishan Afakho-Khodja in Kashgar in 1665. In 1672-1673, after ideological differences with Hidoyatullo Ofoq Xoja, Mashrab was expelled from Kashgar. From 1673 onwards, for forty years, Mashrab wandered and traveled. He visited Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand, Balkh, and India during his travels. While roaming different regions of Central Asia, Mashrab could not help but visit Bukhara, the birthplace of Bahauddin Nakshband. With deep respect for Bahauddin Nakshband, the founder of the Nakshbandi order, Mashrab visited the house where the saint had lived.