Oʻtgan kunlar (Cyrillic: Ўтган кунлар; "Bygone Days") is a 1925 Uzbek-language novel by Abdulla Qodiriy which is considered to be the first Uzbek novel. The novel was serialized in the magazine Inqilob from 1922-1925

Oʻtgan kunlar (Cyrillic: Ўтган кунлар ; "Bygone Days") is a 1925 Uzbek-language novel by Abdulla Qodiriy which is considered to be the first Uzbek novel. The novel was serialized in the magazine Inqilob from 1922–1925. A film of the same name was released by Uzbekfilm in 1969.

Author Abdullah Qodiriy brought his masterpiece to a readership beset with the same concerns as those of the beloved characters of this historical novel. Qodiriy uses the lessons of the past as a warning to his own generation experiencing the politically charged period after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

The two lovers of this novel, Otabek and Kumush, struggle with both traditions and the countervailing forces of modernity, such as Russian influence. The protagonist, Otabek, a twenty-something merchant and the son of a notable Tashkent family, is symbolic of the author’s hope for political reform in Central Asia.

The image of Otabek, who promotes progressive ideas, is the ideological and compositional center of the novel. He openly opposed the outdated economic relations in trade and pursued a new approach to family and marital problems. There is a conflict between Otabek and the forces that cling to the old, delay the development of the country. Abdulla Qodiriy speaks on behalf of his protagonist.

With extraordinary love and sincerity, the writer creates the image of Kumush, who overcomes the trials of life with a pure, all-encompassing love for Otabek. But tragedy is inevitable. She was poisoned by concubine, and Otabek died defending his homeland

Abdullah Qadiri's novel “Bygone Days”, was first translated directly from Uzbek into English by Mark Edward Reese, a well-known American translator and researcher, and was published as a book in the United States under the title “Bygone Days”. The first copies of the new book were distributed to government agencies, leading higher education institutions and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in the United States.

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