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Author · Kazakhstan

Sherniyaz Zharylgasuly

Died in 1867

Sherniyaz Zharylgasuly was born in 1806 or 1807 in what is now the Aktobe region, near the Oiyl, in the Kete tribe. He took part in the uprising led by Isatay Taymanov and Makhambet Utemisuly, whose battles he sang. After the defeat, persecuted and under surveillance, he found refuge with Sultan Baimagambet, with whom he lived until the end of his days. He died on 3 July 1867, aged sixty; his grave, found in 1977 in the Kyzylkoga district by Berkairy Amanchin, has borne a mausoleum since 2005.

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