Nodira

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Nodira was a poetess in the Khanate of Kokand, who wrote in Chagatai Turkic and Persian. Mahlar-ayim was her birth name. Nadera was her pen name, which she used along with Kamila in her Chagatai poems. In her Persian poems, she wrote under the pen name Maknuna. She was born in Andijan, which was governed by her father Rahmanqulibi, who was the uncle of the sixth ruler of Kokand, Alim Khan of Kokand. In 1808, Nodira was married to Alim Khan's brother Muhammad Umar Khan, whom she had two children with, Muhammad Ali Khan and Sultan-Mahmud. In 1810, Muhammad Ali Khan had Alim Khan murdered, subsequently becoming the new ruler of Kokand. After his death in 1822, Nodira played an important role in court politics and state affairs during the reign of her son Muhammad Ali Khan. She also promoted cultural and social development, sponsoring mosques, madrasas, and bazaars. In 1842, after the capital Kokand was captured by the Emirate of Bukhara, its ruler had Nodira and her sons executed. Read more

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