The most important people in your country’s history

Hehe!! nice one! but,, Tamerlane is ours!!! he infact used to fight with the Ottomans!!

I am not saying that he was Uzbek, but he is our ancestor(there were no division of Uzbeks from other nations until recently, after USSR)!

Some might disagree, because Uzbekistan has only emerged after the USSR, and before, most of the "Mavourannahr" -the land between the two rivers was a united nation. But, it happened so that, most of the great names were born or lived and got famous in the territory of current Uzbekistan:

Amir Temur (Tamerlane) - one of the greatest conquerors of all times, by the way, he saved Europe from the great Ottoman khan - Bayazet!

Alisher Navoi - by many, the greatest poet ever lived, he outchallenged the dominant Persian poetry of his era with his works written in the early forms of modern uzbek language!

Imam Al Bukhari - the man who did the most in the history of Islam, after the holy prophet - Muhammad. Has done an enormous task of sorting the correct Khadiz's from false ones, the result - "Jamiah As-Sahih" the guide for Muslims after the Holy Quran.

Abu Ali, Ibn Sino (Avicenna) - The doctor of doctors, his books were the basics in european medicine for over 500 years after his death. Although, a great mathematician, physivian, chemist, poet, .....and many more 

Mirzo Ulug'bek - one of the greatest, if not the greatest astronomer of all times, you just should have a look at his observatory in Samarkand - a miracle!

Abu Rayhon Beruniy - The master of knowledgs of his time, it is believed that long before, he found that the Earth was round, and he new that there was a New World not known to men at the time(later, Columb arrived at that land)

Al Khorazmiy - do you know from where the subjects and words Algorithm or Algebra have arrived, well after his name.

BoburMirzo - the founder of an entirely new, great and famous empire in India, which lived up to many centuries (know who built the Taj Mahal? one of his predicessors - Shah Jahan)

Jaloliddin Manguberdi - one of my favourite heroes! He fought against the great mongol emperor - Chingiskhan(Temuchin), he had a battle where he was 20 times outnumbered by the opponent, but still made nightmare for the great Chingiskhan that he would never forget since then. Although, he had simply no chance, he never gave up - eventually choosing death both for his kids, wife and himself, rather to get in the hands of mongols. Later, Chingiskhan has stated with sorrow: "I would give everything, if only I had a son like Manguberdi", thus aknowledging the greatness of this true hero of my country, and personally myself!!

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I could have gone a lot more, but I think this should be enough for now! Hope you like the list! and can anyone offer me, something that can come close to these people? (there is nothing bad of being proud of your history, especially for Uzbeks!!!)