LITERARY EVENINGS OF ALISHER NAVOI AND THE TIMURIDS

Abstract

This scientific article is devoted to the study of literary meetings, enlightenment talks, poetry evenings, which took place during the lifetime of the great poet and thinker Alisher Navoi.It is fact that such art conferences held during the reign of Timurids played an important role in the development of classical literature and literary processes. In particular, we can see the direct and indirect influence of the period and poetic gatherings on the development of Navoi’s worldview, thinking and creativity.Historical and literary sources confirm that Navoi took part in various meetings, conversations of mashayiks, gatherings of scholars, meetings of poets, poetry evenings under the sultans, which were popular in his time. In addition to literary gatherings at the Sultan Hussein Boykaro palace, Navoi himself organized literary evenings and poetry readings at his home.Key words: Conversation, saints, scholars, debate, poets, muammo, samo