Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov (1861 - ) - representative of

Jadidism The Jadids were Muslim modernist reformers within the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. They normally referred to themselves by the Turkic terms ''Taraqqiparvarlar'' ('progressives'), ''Ziyalilar'' ('intellectuals') or simpl ...

Khorezm Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ...

, statesman. Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov was born in

Khiva Khiva ( uz, Xiva/, خىۋا; fa, خیوه, ; alternative or historical names include ''Kheeva'', ''Khorasam'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Chorezm'', ar, خوارزم and fa, خوارزم) is a district-level city ...

in 1861. He graduated from school and madrasa. He was engaged in trade. Fluent in Arabic and Russian. In 1914, he headed the left wing of the

Jadids The Jadids were Muslim modernist reformers within the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. They normally referred to themselves by the Turkic terms ''Taraqqiparvarlar'' ('progressives'), ''Ziyalilar'' ('intellectuals') or simpl ...

, who stood in opposition to the Khiva khan

Asfandiyar Khan Isfandiyar Khan, or Asfandiyar Khan ( uz, Isfandiyar-Xon; russian: Асфандияр-хан; 1871 – 1 October 1918), born Isfandiyar Jurji Bahadur, was the Khan of Khiva between September 1910 and 1 October 1918, the 53rd Khan of Khiva, and t ...

. In April 1917, the Jadids presented to Asfandiyar Khan a project of reforms, one of the authors of which was Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov. Since 1917, he was forced to leave Khorezm and lived in exile in Tashkent. After the fall of the power of the Uzbek dynasty of

Kungrats The Khongirad ( Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠩᠭᠢᠷᠠᠳ; Хонгирад; Khonghirad; ), also known as Qongirat (Qoŋğırat/Қоңғырат), was one of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes. Variations on the name include Onggirat, Ongirat, Q ...

in February 1920, the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was created, the Chairman of the Council of which was Palvanniyaz Khodja Yusupov. He held this post from April 27, 1920 to March 6, 1921. Then he held other government posts.История Узбекистана. Т. 3. — Ташкент, 1993.

References

{{Reflist * ''Matkarimov M., Xorazm Respublikasi: davlat tuzilishi, nozirlari va iqtisodi, Urganch, 1993.'' 1861 births 1936 deaths History of Central Asia Uzbeks Jadids Muslims from the Russian Empire