1 The history of Mashkhur-Zhusip’s works. His life and The declaration of independence helped many prominent authors not to sink into oblivion, as our nation has acquired a right to reach back to our history and study the works of those whose names and compositions were prohibited. One of such examples is the attention paid to the compositions of Mashkhur-Zhusip Kopeev a celebrated poet, folklorist and historian. In – the last 5-6 years his works, both his own creations and the samples of folklore he collected, have been published frequently. In this connection, we want to point out the fact that the information about his life is very scant, as neither the author’s own notes nor the notes of his grandchild Zholmurat [16] were taken into consideration. If speak on his genealogical tree, according to the chronicles we have the following picture (starting from the father to son): Zhanarys Qaraqozha Argyn Qutan Meiram – – – – Suindik Sugynshy Shumanaq Qulboldy Kulik Tileumbet – – – – – – – Besim Aqzhigit Sermuhammed Kopzhasar (Kopei) Mashkhur – – – – – Zhusip. According to the source, Mashkhur-Zhusip is proved to be the 16th offspring after Zhanarys. The name of his kin is Suindik, which is the part of Argyn tribe that belongs to the Middle Horde. In his book titled kimdiki ekendigi” (“To Whom Saryarqa belongs”) which “Saryarqanyn was published in 1907, and in its enlarged variant kept in Royal “the Archive” Mashkhur Zhusip wrote that his 8th forefather Qulboldy lived – [17] on the other side of the Syr Darya river (south-west of Pavlodar, the
1 The history of Mashkhur-Zhusip’s works. His life and The declaration of independence helped many prominent authors not to sink into oblivion, as our nation has acquired a right to reach back to our history and study the works of those whose names and compositions were prohibited. One of such examples is the attention paid to the compositions of Mashkhur-Zhusip Kopeev – a celebrated poet, folklorist and historian. In the last 5-6 years his works, both his own creations and the samples of folklore he collected, have been published frequently. In this connection, we want to point out the fact that the information about his life is very scant, as neither the author’s own notes nor the notes of his grandchild Zholmurat [16] were taken into consideration. If speak on his genealogical tree, according to the chronicles we have the following picture (starting from the father to son): Zhanarys – Qaraqozha – Argyn – Qutan – Meiram – Suindik – Sugynshy – Shumanaq – Qulboldy – Kulik – Tileumbet – Besim – Aqzhigit – Sermuhammed – Kopzhasar (Kopei) – Mashkhur – Zhusip. According to the source, Mashkhur-Zhusip is proved to be the 16th offspring after Zhanarys. The name of his kin is Suindik, which is the part of Argyn tribe that belongs to the Middle Horde. In his book titled “Saryarqanyn kimdiki ekendigi” (“To Whom Saryarqa belongs”) which was published in 1907, and in its enlarged variant kept in “the Royal Archive” Mashkhur – Zhusip wrote that his 8th forefather Qulboldy lived [17] on the other side of the Syr Darya river (south-west of Pavlodar, the
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