Author · Uzbekistan
Nodira
Died in 1842
Mohlaroyim was born in 1792 in Andijan, the daughter of Rahmonqulibiy, governor of the city. Her mother and then her husband trained her in Turkic and Persian letters. Married in 1808 to Umar, who became khan of Kokand, she gathered several women poets at court. Widowed in 1822, she took part in government alongside her son, encouraged the building of mosques, madrasas and bazaars, and protected men of letters. In 1842, after the emir of Bukhara took Kokand, she was put to death with her two sons.