ZhanibekKhan (the beginning and the second half of the XV century – one of the founders of the Kazakh Khanate), who led until the end of the formation of the Khanate and was the second Khan of the Kazakhs after Kerey Khan. Biography One of the most revered rulers in the history of the Kazakh people […]

Orys (Urys) khan (date of birth is unknown – 1377) – is the ruler of the Golden Horde (1374-1375), Ak Orda (1361-1377), the father of the Kazakh khanate dynasty. Biography Orys khan is the founder of the dynasty of the Kazakh khans and is known as the glorious ruler of White Horde (Ak Orda). Orys Khan is […]

Uzbek khan(1283-1341/42) – is the ruler of the Golden Horde, between 1312/13-1341/42. Islam was proclaimed as the official religion of the Golden Horde by Uzbek Khan. Biography Uzbek (Muslim name – Sultan Giyas ad-Din Mukhammed) is one of the famous rulers of the Golden Horde. Uzbek khan is the brother of Toksy Khan and the grandson […]

Beybars (about 1217 / 18-1277) – al-Malikaz-ZaһirRukn-ad-din Beybars I al-Bunduktari al-Salih, Mameluk(military class of medieval Egypt, recruited from youth slaves of Turkic and Caucasian origin) the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260-1277) of Turkic (Kipchak) origin, a prominent military and statesman of medieval Egypt. Biography Although data on the political life of Baybars in Syria and […]

Zhoshy Khan (1179-1225) is the eldest son of Genghis Khan, the ruler of Kipshak, the founder of the Golden Horde (Altyn Orda) state, ancestor of the Kazakh khans and sultans. Biography The image of Zhoshy Khan as a ruler of the Kipshak is preserved in the historical memory of our nation, as an ancestor of the Kazakh khans […]

Toghrulkhan (1130-1204) – The famous ruler, Khan of the XII century of the state of Kerait, founded in the VII century. Biography Toghrulkhan (1130-1204) – famous ruler, Khan of the state of Kerait, founded in the VII century. He was the son of Kursakuz Buyryk – the eldest son of Khan Kerait Markhuz. The named […]

Khodzha Akhmet Yassaui Hazrat Sultan (1093-1166) – the thinker, the mystic poet and a religious preacher and the founder of the Turkic branch of Sufism. Yassawi was born in the city of Yassy, in 1093 and died in 1166 in the city of Sairam (Isfidzhab). Biography Ahmet Yassaui was born in Ispidzhab (now Sairam in the South […]

Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029/1038 – 1101) – an outstanding scientist, a philosopher of the XI century, the author of the first encyclopaedic edition of the dictionary of Turkic dialects “The Divan Lugat at Turk”. based on a comparative analysis of the materials used among the Turkic-speaking tribes that inhabited the territory of Turkestan, most of which […]

Yusuf Hass Hajib Balasaguni (1020 – approximately 1070) – a famous poet, philosopher, public figure, scientist of the Turkic era, a native of the Shu and Ili interfluve region. Biography Yusuf Hass Hadzhib Balasaguni – a  famous poet, philosopher, public figure and scholar of the Turkic era, was born in the XI century in musicians […]

Qorqyt Ata(He was born approximately in early 10th century, and died in early 11th century) – the great thinker of all Turkic peoples, poet – “zhyrau”, the first creator of muscical compositions (kuy, kuys). Biography Qorqyt Ata is one of the great Turkic figures who bestowed upon us the priceless and unique cultural, philosophical, literary […]