Mahlarayim

Kokandian princess
Also known as: Kāmila, Māhilar, Maknüna, Nādira

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Chagatai literature

  • Bābur inspecting a garden, portrait miniature from the Bābur-nāmeh, 16th century; in the British Library.
    In Chagatai literature

    For example, the Kokandian princess Mahlarayim (Māhilar), writing in the 19th century, created a Chagatai divan under the makhlaṣ (or takhalluṣ; pen name) Nādira and a Persian divan under the name Maknüna; she also used the name Kāmila in her Chagatai works. In her Persian divan she included mukhammas (imitative…

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