“KHAMSA” OF ALISHER NAVOI IS A GREAT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATIONAL CULTURE

Abstract

This article is devoted to the question of the role of the “Khamsa” collection in our national culture and the history of its creation. First, the article provides some information about the origin of the Hamsa tradition, its founder, and response epics to the Hamsa epics. In addition, the names of famous epic writers who wrote answers to only one of Khamsa’s epics are written. The uniqueness of Navoi’s “Khamsa” not only from Hamsa epics, but also from other popular works known in the world is expressed by scientific reasons, therefore, the valuable opinions of his friend Husayn Boygaro and contemporary Navoi researcher Abduqodir Khayitmetov are also mentioned about this epic.