the song was included in the manuscript collection "bashkir folk melodies." the text was written by akhnaf harisov in 1946 in the ilishevsky district bashkir assr by sh. sh. shurifullin and published in the collection "bashkir folk art" (1954, volume 1). other versions were recorded by m. baimov, f. nadrshina, salawat salmanov, l.k. salmanova, poet rashit shakur. the song is lyrical and epic. the song "uyyl" was composed by the bashkirs carrying the border service on the orenburg line (southeastern border of the russian empire).