He became an orphan at 12 and moved to join his older brother in Bukhara , where he attended a madrasa and learned to write in Arabic .
Ayni was born in a peasant family in the village of Soktare in what was then the Emirate of Bukhara .
peasant family became an orphan at 12 and moved to join peasant family 's older brother in Bukhara , where he attended a madrasa and learned to write in Arabic .
Ayni was born in a peasant family in the village of Soktare in what was then the Emirate of Bukhara .