Mixture or combination

MUSAMMAN – 1. It is a literary device of Aruz used in many purposes. 1) the poem with four lines in every stanza. The most part of ghazals are written in this structure. (see. Bobur g’azallarining vazni). Only the last poem “Iskandar Faylaqus” of “Hamsa” was written in this rhymic structure. [“A”, on folio 101 a].
2. A kind of poem with eight lines in a stanza. Beginning from the second line the end of lines rhyme with first line, the beginning seven lines rhyme with each other. This kind of rhyming is not found in Babur’s poetry. There was cited the only one ghazal with “musamman” rhyming taken from “Hazoyinul-ma’oniy” in Baburname (see. Also “Boburnoma”da Navoiy bayti).
3. Geomitric form, octagon or octangle. The octagon was used very frequently in Oriental Achitecture. It was formed by cutting the edges of square shape. “I ordered to build a hill in the shape of octagon in Kuil” [“B”, on folio 331 b]
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MUSANNIF – Arabic word for “author, creator”. The word ws used in Babur-nama in the meaning of “composer”(musician). “Binai also was a “musannif (composer)”, who had good songs and rhythm” [“B”, on folio 182 b].
“MUSAXXIR AL-BILOD” – It is a name of historical book by Mahammadiyar ibn Arab Qataghan. It tells the events occurred in the XV-XVI^th centuries in Central Asia, including political and social, mostly history of the Shaibanids. There was given special attention to military marches and activity as politician of Abdulla Khan the Second. Besides there were outlined military and political activities of the Temurids and the Baburids reigned in Badakshan, their struggles with the Shaibanids, Ashtar Khanids and the Safawids in the book. Espacially Babur’s third conquest of Samarkand and his battles with Ubaidulla Khan in Kuli Malik were outlined with fancy for the Shaibanids.
The book was translated by I.Bekjonov and D.Sangirova into Uzbek, and published in “Yangi asr avlodi” publishing house in 2009.
V.R.