Born Mashriq Yunusov, he wrote poetry, children's books and early Uzbek school textbooks, and compiled the first Uzbek dictionary of homonyms. He died in a Magadan labour camp in 1939.
Key achievements
Compiled the first Uzbek dictionary of homonyms (1934)
Wrote school textbooks including Yozuv yo'llari (1921) and Boshlang'ich maktabda ona tili (1923)
Published the poetry collections Yolqinlar (1925) and Sezgilar (1927)
