Language and literature
Bygone Days
- Author
- Abdulla Qodiriy
- Published
- 1926
- Language
- özbəkcə
The first Uzbek novel (1925–1926). Against the tragic love of Otabek and Kumush in 19th-century Tashkent and Margilan, it portrays the last years of the Kokand Khanate. It remains Uzbekistan's best-loved novel.