He was born in the family of Orifboy Ubaydulla ugli, chairman of a collective farm in Kashkadarya region. There were eight children in the family — four boys and four girls, he was the youngest of the sons. After graduating from high school in 1958 with a gold medal, he continued his education at the journalism department of the Faculty of Uzbek Philology of Tashkent State University.After university, which he also graduated with honors in 1963, he works as an editor of the publishing house "Esh