Collection of poetry by Babarahim Mashrab
19th century (not dated)
Text in Chagatai Language, Shikaste script
Purchased in Uzbekistan
Size 6.5 by 10.5"
Nice calligraphy
88 lvs (166 pp)
Original binding with embossed medallions.
Some wear, spots

Babarahim Mashrab (Boborahim Mashrab) (1653-1711) was a Sufi mystic, medieval scientist, significant Uzbek poet, a representative of mystical literature, and a famous name in Central Asian folklore.
Babarahim Mullah Wali was born into a family of Mullah Wali, in the city of Namangan, Uzbekistan in 1653 AD.
In 1665, at age 12, he went to the city of Kashgar to study under Afaq Khawaja.
From 1673 to the end of his life he lived as a travelling mystic. He took the name Babarahim Mashrab as a pseudonym. He is credited with various miracles and the conversion to Islam of Galdan Boshugtu Khan of the Qalmaq empire.
In 1711, he was hanged by the governor of Balkh, Mahmud Bi.
He wrote in both Uzbek and Persian and his famous works “Mabdai nur” and “Kimyo” are still popular today in Central Asia.
He left a legacy in terms of size and genres of art that is still not defined, and he had a significant impact on the creation of the next century or so of literature.
Mashrab's hanging is mentioned in a poem written by Ghojimuhemmed Muhemmed, modern Uyghur poet from Pishan/Guma County, China.


Chagatai[a] , also known as Turki, Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic , is an extinct Turkic literary language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia and remained the shared literary language there until the early 20th century.
It was used across a wide geographic area including parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Literary Chagatai is the predecessor of the modern Karluk branch of Turkic languages, which include Uzbek and Uyghur.
Turkmen, which is not within the Karluk branch but in the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, was nonetheless heavily influenced by Chagatai for centuries.
Ali-Shir Nava'i was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature.
Lizheng Gate at the Chengde Mountain Resort. The second column from the left is the Chagatai language written in Perso-Arabic Nastaliq script.
Chagatai literature is still studied in modern Uzbekistan, where the language is seen as the predecessor and the direct ancestor of modern Uzbek, and the literature is regarded as part of the national heritage of Uzbekistan.




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