Influence of Nizami's literary heritage on Uzbek literature, research in Uzbek literary criticism and issues of publication in Uzbekistan
According to research, the oldest version of Nizami's "Khamsa" was obtained from the Manuscripts Fund of Uzbekistan, the oldest copies of Navoi's works from the Azerbaijan Institute of Manuscripts, which means that the history of Azerbaijani-Uzbek literary relations goes back centuries and millennia.
The issue of influence in the literature: Yes, the Azerbaijani-Uzbek literary relations have been developing not only since the time of Nizami Ganjavi, but even before that. Decades after the great poet's death, during the Mongol occupation of Central Asia, an unknown Uzbek author created a work of art in Kharazm called Muftah ul-Adl, based on Nizami's story of the Shah and the Two Owls. According to researchers, this is how Nizami's influence on Uzbek literature began. In the 14th century, more precisely in 1330-1340, the Uzbek poet Qutb Kharazmi translated Khosrov and Shirin into his native language, adding new events to the poem, and therefore the Uzbek version of Nizami's work sounds like a kind of original. The book "History of Uzbek literature" also emphasizes the positive influence of Nizami on the development of Uzbek literature.
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