Munavvarkari, Abdurashidkhanov Munavvar Kari (1878, Tashkent — 23.1931, Moscow) was the leader of the Central Asian Jadidist movement, the founder of the Uzbek national Press and the National School of the New Method of the XX century, one of the organizers of the new national theater, writer and poet.
In 1901, opened the Jadid school and compiled a special curriculum for these schools, wrote textbooks. Since 1903, Jadid has opened and taught in schools. So, for schools, he wrote an alphabetical book "Adibi awwal" ("the first sage", 1907), "Adibi Soni" ("the second sage", 1907). It quotes the poem “dear poor man") books for reading have been published several times. Since 1904, he began to participate in socio-political and cultural life. Since 1906, he has been a literary employee of the newspapers "Central Asian Life, Progress", "Progress". In the same year, he founded the newspaper Khurshid as a publisher and editor. In 1908, his books "Sabazar" (collection), "the face of the earth" (from geography), "Tajvidal Quran" (taught the way to read the Quran) were also printed and used as textbooks in new schools. Ideologically, he directed the newspapers Shukhrat (1907), Tujor (1907), Asia (1908) and acted as a literary employee. Then deputy executive editor of the newspaper Sadoyi Turkestan (1914-1915), secret editor of the magazine Al-Islah (1915-1917), executive editor of the newspapers Najot and Kenash (1917).
Munawwarkari ibn Abdurashid Khan is the organizer of various societies and associations. He was the founder, deputy, chairman, member of societies, organizations, partnerships and associations“ Imdodia " (1909), "Turon " (1913), "Turkestan Library " (1914), " Hope "(1914), " school " (1914), "Kumak " (1921). During the reign of Shura, Chairman of the People's Council dorilfunu, clerk of the Turkish department of the People's Commissariat of Education of Turkestan (1918), People's Commissar of Education of Tashkent, delegate and member of the board of the Congress of the Peoples of the East (1920, Baku). Head of the waqf department of the People's Commissariat of the BSSR (1920-1921), head of the Department of Social Education in Tashkent (1921), Chairman of the Academic Center (1922), teacher of the Navoi School, Narimonov Pedagogical College, Women's Pedagogical Institute (1923-1925), researcher at the Samarkand Museum, chairman of the Uzbek Osor-responsible in the Tashkent-Ferghana department of the Committee on Secretary for the Preservation of Monuments (1927-1928).
Munavvarkari was imprisoned on November 6, 1929, on unfair charges of nationalism. He was executed in Butyrskaya prison in Moscow and buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery. He was officially rehabilitated in 1991.

The data of the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (2000-2005) were used.