The Aqyn's song

James Kyllo jkyllo at clara.net
Tue Feb 1 19:34:20 CST 2000


>Dzambul and Qorqyt -- these sound like deity names, presumably Dzambul
>is the patron saint of aqyns

From:

http://www.dd.volga.ru/itmc/silkroad/dzhambul.htm


A ... town called Auliye-Ata was established on the site by the emirs of
Kokand in the late 18th century. The fort and town were captured by the
Russians in 1864, and between 1938 and 1992 the town was renamed Dzhambul
for the Kazak poet Jambul Jabayev (Russian: Dzhambul Dzhabayev; 1846-1945).




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