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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Xotam Mirzaxo’jaev, Cho’lpon’s nephew, and his family for kindly providing the rights to publish this translation. Unfortunately, Mr. Mirzaxo’jaev passed before this translation could be printed. I would also like to thank Dr. Naim Karimov for aiding me in deciding the textological questions that arose from the many different editions of Cho’lpon’s novel. Iskandar Madgaziev of the Andijan Region Literary Museum kindly helped me locate a copy of the 1936 edition of the text and shared with me a number of notes and documents on the novel’s various republications. Nabi and Zahiriddin Jaloliddin were of great assistance in liasoning with contacts in Andijan. Adeeb Khalid, Zulxumor Mirzaeva, Iqbol Mirzo, Isajon Sulton, Xosiyat Rustamova, Dildora Isoqova, Yulduz O’rmonova, Sohiba Solieva, and Mohlaroy Ahmedova deserve special thanks for providing consultation over some of the more difficult passages of the text. I would also like to thank the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for their generous support that made this publication a success. My wife, Elena Fort, has demonstrated infinite patience with this project, and through the reading of many drafts, I hope she has come to love the novel as much as I do. If not, I hope she at least still loves me. Finally, Dr. Oleh Kotsyuba and Dr. Rebecca Gould have been a tremendous help. This project would not have been a success without their insight, drive, and scholastic acumen.

Figure 1. Abdulhamid Sulaymon o’g’li Cho’lpon. Photograph taken in 1925.