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Jadid reformers
Educator, publisher and playwright
Life
1875 – 1919

Jadid reformers

Mahmudhoja Behbudiy

Educator, publisher and playwright

The central figure of the Jadid movement in Turkestan. He opened new-method schools, published the journals that carried the argument, and wrote the play that started Uzbek theatre.

Key achievements

  • Wrote Padarkush in 1911, regarded as the first Uzbek drama
  • Founded the journals Oyina and the newspaper Samarqand
  • Opened new-method schools and wrote their textbooks himself