The First Sacrifices of the Science of Music in Khrashm

This study mentions the activities of one of the first Jadids of Khorezm, Mullah Bekjan Rahman oglu and Muhammad Yusuf Devonzoda. Mullah Bekzhan was born in 1887 in Khiva in a family of artisans. From a young age, he improved in the field of science and education, studied in schools and madrassas. The father sends his son to study in Istanbul. In 1913-1918, Mullah Bekjan studied religious and secular knowledge. Mullah Bekzhan's stay in Turkey introduced him to the idea of “Turkism” led by Ismail Gaspirali, and as a result he returned to Khiva to join the “young Khivans” and take part in the Jadidist movement. Musicologist, famous performer, master Muhammad Yusuf Devonzoda was born in 1891 in the family of musician and calligrapher Muhammad Yaqub Kharrat. He received his primary education in a rural school, secondary education in a madrasah in Khiva. Due to his success in his Ghazals and learning the art of calligraphy from his father, Muhammad Rahim Khan was invited to the Sonya Palace. M. Kharratov is learning to play a musical instrument and calligraphy from his father. On the other hand, he also learned wood carving and wood craft from his grandfather Kurban Kharrat. Seriously striving to study the musical sphere, he mastered the art of performing seven Khorezm makoms based on “Khorezm strings”.