Özbek Edebiyatında Emir Timur

During and after the Second World War, Adil Yakubov, Erkin Vahidov, Abdulla Aripov, Rauf Parfi, Otkir Hashimov, Hurshid Devran, Azim Süyün, Shevket Rahman, Yoldash Eshbek, Said Ahmed, Mirmuhsin Askad, Erkin Azam, Ahmed Azam, Shukur Halmirzayev, Mirmuhsin, Pirimkul Kadirov and Böribay Ahmedov brought a new breath to Uzbek literature. The national awakening movement became unstoppable despite the oppressive government in the 60s, and artists began to convey their ideas to the public through metaphorical expressions. In the Republic of Uzbekistan, which declared its independence in 1991, art and artists have a great responsibility to help its people rise again and become stronger materially and spiritually. Writers and poets have achieved serious success in fulfilling their duties by writing works that highlight national values, history and culture in order to reveal and remember the suppressed spiritual feelings and national identities of the people. Especially stories, parables, novels and dramas in which historical heroes are shown as examples are brought to the reader. In addition to the changes in the political and social life of Uzbekistan after independence, Emir Timur has an important place in the process of looking at and writing history with a new perspective. Emir Timur, whose name was given to streets and schools and whose statues were erected as the ancestor of the Uzbeks, has been the subject of poems, stories and novels in Uzbek literature. Pirimkul Kadirov’s “Emir Timur Simasi”, Böribay Ahmedov’s novel “Emir Timur”, Abdulrauf Fıtrat’s theater play “Timur Saganasi”, Abdulla Aripov’s drama “Sahibkıran”, Töre Mirza’s epic “Sahibkıran”, Sherali Jorayev’s poem “Sahibkıran”, Hurshid Devran’s stories “Emir Timur”, “Sohibqiron Nabirasi “Emir Timur’un Oğlunun Ölümü Hakkında Rivayet” and the video film “Timurname”, Naim Gayibov’s “Emir Timur Devri Maneviyatı”, Salahiddin Tashkendi’s reviews “Timurname” can be counted among these. In all these works, an attempt was made to create an Uzbek identity by emphasizing Timur’s achievements, services, justice and wisdom.