GLOSSARY Secular – not connected with religious or spiritual matters
Latiffas – Uzbek anecdote
Annexation – the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or a state.
Immortal– living forever; never dying or decaying.
Epics – a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures other past history of a nation.
Deft – neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements.
Dodger – a person who dodges, a shifty person, especially one who persistently evades a responsibility, as specified.
