Scholarly Studies Devoted to the Epic Hayrat ul-Abror

The aim of this study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of specialized research devoted to Hayrat ul-Abror by Alisher Navo’i in order to identify the achievements and shortcomings of this scholarly process, reveal its leading tendencies and distinctive features, and determine unresolved scientific problems. This epic poem was composed in 1483 and consists of 3,988 couplets. Its structure comprises a total of 43 chapters: 20 introductory chapters (debocha), 20 chapters forming the main body, and 3 concluding sections.
In line with this aim, the objectives of the study include establishing principles for the systematic examination of major specialized studies, identifying and compiling existing research, classifying key methodological features, clarifying the essence of interpretations, explaining achievements and shortcomings on a scientific basis, and reconstructing the historical and analytical landscape of the epic’s study.
To achieve these objectives, comparativehistorical, cultural-historical, systemic, and descriptive methods are employed, drawing on the works and theoretical perspectives of Uzbek and international scholars as a methodological foundation.
As a result of this analysis, several conclusions were reached. First, the study of Hayrat ul-Abror begins with the interpretations of Alisher Navo’i himself, later continued by his contemporaries and followers within the Khamsa tradition. Second, modern scholarly research based on academic criteria began in the early twentieth century, particularly in the 1930s. Third, specialized research on the epic developed from the 1970s, initiated by A.Qayumov. Fourth, twentieth-century studies primarily focused on the socio-political layer of the epic. Fifth, in the early independence period, significant attention shifted to mystical-educational (irfan-based) interpretations, beginning with the works of M.Muhiddinov. Finally, contemporary research is developing within Sufi-educational, poetic, and comparative approaches.