Hudojnazar in front of his summer home, 2021
Hudojnazar in front of his summer home, 2021
Introduction
This is a translation of a conversation, held in Russian, in the home of Hudojnazar
Mustafokulovič, whom the author visited accompanied by Holidin Kudratuloevič. Holidin also helped
clariying the matter during the conversation. Hudojnazar is the
younger of the two surviving children of Mustafo Zokirovič Holmominov,
the first explorer of the Boybuloq cave, and the only one who lives in
Dehibolo.
For greater accuracy Cyrillic names were transliterated to the Latin alphabet
using the
Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic.
Who is Hudojnazar Mustafokulovič?
I was born on May 4, 1962 in Dehibolo to father Mustafo Zokirovič Holmominov,
born 1917 and to mother Saida, born 1927. I live in Dehibolo.
How many brothers and sisters did you have?
It was a large family, my parents had twelve chidren, six sons and six daughters.
But times were very tough and two of them, a son and a daughter, died very young and so
little is known about them. I will tell what I know of my remaining
siblings. The eldest, a son, was Šonkul, who died 5 years old. He was
followed by a daughter, Nadiča, who died at 17, and a daughter Fotima,
born 1953. The fourth was a son, Hudojberdy, born in 1957, who is the only child,
still alive, except me. He lives in a village in
Oltinsoy district,
about 60 km from here. After him came a daughter, Saida, born in
1959. I was the sixth, born in 1962. Son Hudojor was born in 1964,
daughter Hanifa in 1966, son Hajrullo in 1968 and daughter Azizmo in
1971.
And how big is your family?
With my wife Bibisora Alërovna Žuraiva we have six children,
son Abdumutalib, a daughter Marzija, son Abdullo, son Abdulboris, son
Abdulvohid and daughter Mahdija. Abdulvohid and Mahdija are still staying with
us here.
Mahdija, Bibisora, Hudojnazar and Abdulvohid on the trail above the orchard
Is this your summer home?
Yes, I inherited it from my father. We rebuilt it a little
but is still pretty much the same as it was. Our home is in Dehibolo, close to the school, you can
go and have a look at it.
Hudojnazar in front of his summer home
What can you say about how your father disappeared in the Boybuloq cave?
In April 1971 my father took my brother Hudojberdy and they
departed to the cave on two donkeys. My father wanted to pray in the
cave, for the year to be good, with enough rain.
As the two did not return to the village, the next day a
pupil from the school, Buri, went to the cave to search for them. He only
found Hudojberdy, who did not want to return, he said he will wait
till the father comes back from the cave. So Buri returned to Dehibolo
the same day and told what he learned. The next day many people went
to the cave (it is a four hour trek) and found Hudojberdy still at
the cave entrance. They asked him where the father is and when
Hudojberdy answered that he went into the cave they did not believe
him. Hudojberdy wanted to continue waiting for his father but people
dragged him back to Dehibolo by force.
What else could you tell about your father?
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