The Captain's Daughter
Abdulla Qahhor (sometimes spelled Abdulla Kahhar in English) () (September 17, 1907 – May 25, 1968) was an Uzbek novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator. He is best remembered as the author of the 1951 novel "Qoʻshchinor chiroqlari" ("The Lights of Qoʻshchinor") and the 1958 story "Sinchalak". In addition to writing numerous short stories and novels, Qahhor translated the works of many famous Russian writers, such as Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, and Nikolai Gogol into the Uzbek language. In particular, he translated "The Captain's Daughter" of Pushkin, "Marriage" and "The Government Inspector" of Gogol, and, together with his wife Kibriyo Qahhorova, "War and Peace" of Leo Tolstoy.