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Shalkiiz Tilenshiuly

Shalkiiz Tilenshiuly (c. 1465-c. 1560) was born, according to al-Farabi University, between the Volga and the Yaik. He lived at the court of Bi Temir, ruler of the Nogai Horde, where he was at once judge, warrior, orator and jyrau; later, he sided with Yusip against Ismail and spent his last years with the Kazakh khan Haknazar. Bukhar and Makhambet, among the poets who followed him, took up his verses, images and rhythms.

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