Dilshad (1800–1900?) was a

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

n poet, historian and teacher, who wrote in Chaghatai Turkic and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. Born in Ura-tepe in present-day

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to a low-class Persian-speaking family, she lived the majority of her life in

Kokand Kokand ( ) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. Administratively, Kokand is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muqimiy. The population of Kokand was ap ...

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* {{Cite book, last1=Lambert-Hurley, first1=Siobhan, last2=Majchrowicz, first2=Daniel, last3=Sharma, first3=Sunil, title=Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women, publisher=Indiana University Press, year=2022, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-N1EAAAQBAJ, isbn=978-0253062390 19th-century Persian-language poets 1800s births 1900s deaths People from the Khanate of Kokand People from Sughd Region Chagatai-language writers