Turdi Farog‘iy: ghazals and muxammas
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 5 pieces of information on Turdi Farog‘iy’s life.
Born in Bukhara; Ashtarkhanid era; the 1681 uprising; Rahimbiy’s protection; death in Khujand.
2
Link the idea of the ghazal “Tor ko‘ngulluk beklar” with today’s life in 4–5 sentences.
Free; the idea of unity and broad-mindedness.
3
Explain the rhyme in the first stanza of the muxammas and in later stanzas.
First: all lines rhyme; later: 4 lines in their own rhyme, the fifth in the first stanza’s rhyme.
4
Name two vices criticised in Turdi’s work and think in 4 sentences whether they exist today.
Free; self-importance, disunity, ignorance and the like.