About the book: year / Khoja Nasreddin - the image of a folk sage and wit in the folklore of many peoples of the Near and Middle East, Central Asia (among the Turks - H.N. . and Bu Adam, among the Uzbeks and Tajiks - Afandi or Nasreddin Khoja, among the Iranians - Mulla, among the Azerbaijanis - Molla Nasreddin). He is also known to the Kazan and Crimean Tatars, the peoples of the Caucasus and Eastern Europe (Romanians, Serbs), etc. Popular rumor makes Kh.N. a contemporary of various historical figures: Timur and Bayezid I (14th century), Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin (early 13th century. ). In Kazakhstan, the image of the joker Aldar-Kose merged with H.N.; in Turkmenistan, many anecdotes are associated with the personality of the satirist poet Kemine, in Tajikistan - with the poet Mushfiki. Anecdotes about Kh.N. are predominantly of a social and everyday nature. Folk tradition has created and preserves its hero - a defender of justice, fighting against social evil with the weapon of laughter. In Azerbaijan, a satirical magazine published by J. Mammadkulizade was named after him. L.V. Solovyov (See Solovyov) wrote “The Tale of Khoja Nasreddin” (part 1 – “The Troublemaker”, 1940; part 2 – “The Enchanted Prince”, 1954). Based on this work, the films “Nasreddin in Bukhara” (1943), “The Adventures of Nasreddin” (1947) and “Nasreddin in Khujand, or the Enchanted Prince” were staged» (1960).