This article analyzes the content, genre characteristics, and role of hagiographic works (about saints and Sufi sheikhs) in Uzbek literature. The manoqibs, which hold an important place in Uzbek Sufi literature, are examined, focusing on how they illuminate the lives of saints, sheikhs, and religious leaders, as well as the didactic and educational significance of these works. The article comparatively analyzes Alisher Navoi’s “Nasoyim ul-Muhabbat” and Farididdin Attor’s “Tazkirat ul-Avliyo” from ideological, stylistic, and artistic perspectives. Although both are Sufi tazkiras, they exhibit significant differences in style and content. Attor’s work is philosophical, dramatic, and miracle-based, promoting the concept of vahdat ul-vujud. Navoi, on the other hand, writes in a narrative, moral, and reader-friendly style, imparting didactic lessons through the lives of saints. The analysis reveals that Attor’s symbolic and complex philosophical narrative style contrasts with Navoi’s simple and accessible narrative approach. The article also examines the treatment of miracles, artistic imagery, and moral teachings in these works. Furthermore, the genre features of hagiographic tazkiras and their distinctions from literary tazkiras are analyzed. Hagiographic tazkiras have a Sufi and religious orientation, illuminating the lives, miracles, and teachings of saints, sheikhs, and religious figures. In contrast, literary tazkiras provide information about the lives and works of poets and writers. The article highlights the differences between these genres in terms of content, style, purpose, and sources, emphasizing their historical and literary significance