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Epic "Manas". The Great Campaign. The Death of Manas

The Death of Manas. In Talas that night, Kanikei woke up in fear from a terrible dream. The heavy-horned gray bull Roars by the riverbank. Is my sultan Alma really lost? The white falcon Akshumkar, who chased the raven, Suddenly lost his wings. Has Chubak, my sultan's friend, Met with terrible misfortune? Has my priceless Syrgak really died? The tall chinar Helplessly bent towards Kybla, By the golden throne, on which my sultan sat, When he was the khan of eighteen nations, One leg broke.

23.09.2021, 13:19

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Epic "Manas". The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Part-3

The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Part-3 When Almambet was in battle, Konurbai sent the eloquent Changtiybes as an envoy to Manas and asked to suspend the battle for seven days. Manas agreed and announced a seven-day truce. Hearing this, Almambet was very upset and said to Manas:

10.09.2021, 09:12

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Epic "Manas". The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Part 2

The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Part-2 Meanwhile, Konurbay was plotting something sinister. He was relentlessly thinking of a plan to kill Manas. He could not sleep at night, nor find peace during the day because of this thought. Manas' palace was guarded by forty choro and Kyrgyl. They drove away anyone who approached him with words, if someone understood their language, or with the point of spears and the edge of swords, if someone did

19.07.2021, 08:36

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Epic "Manas". The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Part 1

The Great Campaign. The Wounding of Manas and the Return of the Kyrgyz to Talas. Manas imposed a heavy tribute on Beidzhin. Meanwhile, Konurbai fled to the farthest Beidzhin to Karakhan and told him about the defeat that Manas inflicted on them. - This spawn, the villain Manas, will not leave us alive, - he concluded his story and wept.

09.07.2021, 12:20

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. Victory over Konurbay. Part - 2

The Great Campaign. Victory over Konurbai. Part - 2 Manas inflicted a bloody massacre on the Chinese, driving many into the turbulent waves of the Sarysu. Konurbai could not stop his fleeing army, became confused, and, without engaging in battle with Manas, fled as well. Half of the Chinese troops, fleeing from the slaughter, perished, drowning in the river. Konurbai sent a messenger to Beijing, and a new numerous army arrived from there, led by Madykan-doo. But Almambet, before their arrival,

26.06.2021, 19:44

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. Victory over Konurbay. Part - 1

The Great Campaign. Victory over Konurbay. Almambet and Syrgak, having left Beidzhin, crossed the Sary-Suu River and encountered numerous herds of horses on their way. Seeing them, they sent their spare horse Kartkyureng to lead all the herds towards Manas's troops. Almambet and Syrgak beat the drums, fired several shots from their rifles, and began to drive the herds. (58). Noticing this, the Chinese herder Janibay, leading forty herders on his red stallion, attacked Almambet and Syrgak.

12.06.2021, 14:30

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. The Story of Almambet.

The Great Campaign. The Story of Alambet. Er Manas, how could it be, That I do not know the location of Beidzhin? How could I not know The ancient Beidzhin that you see in the distance? This is the place where I ran in my youth in an open dress, This is the place where my mother gave birth to me, This is the place where my umbilical cord was cut, This is the place where I grew from small to big. Day by day I had successes. In that great Beidzhin visible in the distance, There it is, standing

02.06.2021, 13:01

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. Reconnaissance.

The Great Campaign. Reconnaissance. Meanwhile, Alma and Syrgak arrived at the pass where the white argali - the guardian of Konur - was located, and at the lake where the cunning duck - the messenger of Konur - lived. The argali and the duck, sensing Alma's approach, fled. Hearing the sound of the argali's bell, the two hundred thousand people who were camping at the pass of Mount Angushtu packed up and also fled, fearing an invasion by foreigners. The scouts found no one at the

22.05.2021, 00:38

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. The Quarrel of Almambet with Chubak.

The Great Campaign. The Quarrel of Almambet with Chubak. After Almambet's departure, forty choro of Manas began to play in ordo, splitting into two parts. The leaders of the game were Kyrgyl, Chubak's comrade, and Azhybay, from Almambet's squad. Four mares were designated as the prize. The side of Kyrgyl lost. As the game neared its end, Jaynak from Kyrgyl's party struck the khan with a tompo, knocking him down, who was lying close to the boundary. - You threw without

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. Almambet Becomes the Leader of the Army

The Great Campaign. Almambet takes command of the army. Manas, riding at the head of the army, arrived at the plain of Chemuyuch, by the banks of the Chu, set up tents, and sat down to play chess. When Almambet, who was at the very end of the army, arrived and saw that everyone had unsaddled their horses, that many had undressed, made themselves shade from the sun with their capes, and carelessly collapsed to sleep, he was filled with anger. He approached Manas and said: - My Tere! What is

03.04.2021, 20:56

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. The March Begins. Part - 2

The Great Campaign. Setting Out on the Campaign. In the morning, Manas distributed to all the arriving warriors from his herds a pair of spirited steeds: one stallion for breeding the herds, and one mare for slaughter. All the warriors were led in a line past the counters, and it turned out there were three million of them. When the army set out, Manas and his forty choro saddled their horses and rode out from the Akylay palace. Manas rode with a frown, troubled. Alma understood the reason for

07.03.2021, 13:03

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. Departure for the Campaign. Part - 1

The Great Campaign. The Start of the Campaign. At the appointed time set by Manas, after forty days, an army began to gather from all sides: from Altyshaar came Jamgyrchy with a seven-hundred-thousand strong army, from Khotan - Tyoshtyuk with a hundred-thousand strong army, from Kemina - Urby with a two-hundred-thousand strong army, from Sarnarka - Kökche with a million-strong army, from Samarkand - Synchibek with a nine-hundred-thousand strong army, from Bukhara - Muzburchak with a

27.02.2021, 07:43

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The Tale of Manas. The Great Campaign. The Conspiracy of the Six Khans.

The Great Campaign. The Conspiracy of Six Khans. When preparations were being made for the memorial for Kökötöy, Manas ordered forty Kyrgyz clans to slaughter countless livestock, and forced all the oldest and noblest Kyrgyz and Kazakhs to listen to his command. For anyone who did not obey his orders, Manas shouted, and often lashed the disobedient with a whip across their backs. Then the noblemen despaired of maintaining their power and dignity, and the wealthy did not hope to keep their

11.02.2021, 09:13

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The Tale of Manas. In Memory of Kököktöy. Part - 5

Mourning for Kököktöy. Part - 5 After that, sixteen young men began to rub his lower back. At that moment, a messenger from the Chinese arrived. He looked at Koshoy and said: - But the fighter is already too old! Joloy will defeat him in his sleep.

02.02.2021, 09:26

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The Tale of Manas. Remembrance of Kököktöy. Part - 4

Memorial for Kёkёktёy. Part - 4 Six hundred logs of larch were tied together, and a rope was woven from forty-two cords. At the top of the larch, they tied the targets - this was arranged for shooting practice. Everyone who considered themselves a marksman prepared to try their luck. They shot from early morning until the scorching noon, expending all their arrows, but no tricks or techniques could knock the targets off the pole.

18.01.2021, 19:10

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The Tale of Manas. Remembrance of Kyokyoktyu. Part - 3

Mourning for Kököktöy. Part - 3 Manas was placed in the yurt of the glorious and renowned girl Toorun. The entire people who had come to the ash, pushing each other, were eager to see Manas and crowded around his yurt. Chagyray, the skilled sonchi who served Khan Alooke, wanting to find out what Manas was like, peeked through the hole of the yurt. However, the fearsome appearance of Manas frightened him so much that his heart could not withstand such fear and burst.

19.10.2020, 11:45

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The Tale of Manas. Remembrance of Kököktöy. Part - 2

Memorial for Kökötöy. Part - 2 The people rejoiced in the freedom of the new pasture. It was convenient for the livestock and suitable for memorial feasts. Then the people began to prepare for the noisy feast, searching the surroundings for sources of clean water and gathering fuel.

03.10.2020, 08:55

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The Tale of Manas. Remembrance of Kököktöy. Part - 1

Mourning for Kökötöy Kökötöy, the khan of Tashkent, had eleven daughters but no sons, and this saddened his heart. The daughter of the mergen, the beautiful Bektoru, fell in love with the batyr Töshtük and became pregnant by him. When Töshtük was about to leave, Bektoru asked him: - Tell me, what should I do with the child that lives in my womb, as your amanat?

24.09.2020, 21:07

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The Tale of Manas. The Conspiracy of the Kozkamans

THE CONSPIRACY OF KOZKAMANS Years passed, and the Kyrgyz lived peacefully with one another. But this very peace troubled their enemies. One day, the Kangai ruler Esen, disturbed by the well-being of his neighbors and fearing that difficult days might come for his own people, gathered all forty clans of the Kalmyks, Kara-Kitay, and Manchus and began his speech as follows: – Listen everyone and do not say later that you did not hear. The Kyrgyz ruler Manas has united all his tribes into one

04.09.2020, 13:03

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The Tale of Manas. The Marriage of Manas to Kanikei

MARRIAGE OF MANAS TO KANIKEI "If he does not peacefully hand over the populous Bukhara, I will attack the city and take it by force," thought the grim and frowning Chubak, who had left Alai with a firm intention to seize the throne of the Bukhara khan, Temir. His battle horse, Kogala, crushed stones into dust with every step, racing forward like a fearsome bird, while the hero, girded with a double-edged damask sword, led a numerous army, riding atop his horse. When he reached the

24.08.2020, 20:54

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The Tale of Manas. Almanbet in the Camp of Manas

THE HERO ALMANBET IN THE CAMP OF MANAS In the camp of Karaborka with iron gates, having spread several layers of blankets under himself, placing a few down pillows under his head, stretching out his arms and legs, the hero Manas sweetly slept – and dreamed a dream. He dreamed that while riding along a foothill path, he found a sword in a sheath with a golden tip, and that sword was three to four arshins long, with a copper handle and a smooth grip, with a curved blade and the sharpest edge. He

19.08.2020, 15:57

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The Tale of Manas. Almanbet Comes to Kochcho. Part 2

Almanbet Comes to Kokcho. Part 2 Drunken Kokcho sometimes came to his senses and could barely see Almanbet before him. – You have Akerketch on your mind, you have been watching over her for a long time. You are thinking about Akerketch, you are keeping an eye on her anyway, – mumbled Kokcho.

06.08.2020, 06:00

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The Tale of Manas. Almanbet Comes to Kokcho. Part 1

ALMANBET COMES TO KOKCHO Almanbet and Majik reached the vast main bay of Kyl-Ertish and stopped there. Almanbet took a telescope in his hands and surveyed the wide steppe stretching in the shimmering heat, looking around. On the shore of Kyl-Ertish, he saw countless people, and in the middle – on a purebred stallion, on a light horse with gray apples, sat proudly a stately hero. The hero descended from the hill and greeted Majik in Kalmyk, then they joined the majority. This was the hero

05.08.2020, 15:37

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The Tale of Manas. The Departure of the Hero Alambet from His People

The Departure of the Hero Almambet from His People In Beijing, China, there appeared a khan named Alooke. His son was similar to his father in every way, and everyone trembled in fear at the sound of his voice; all people feared his glory – he quickly became famous for his cruelty. He began his unjust deeds at the age of nine, and by eleven, the numerous people of China, unable to bear his demands, scattered across the world. At thirteen, he sowed discord among the people, killed a monk, and

16.07.2020, 21:47

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The Tale of Manas. Proclamation of Manas as Khan

VICTORY OVER ALOOKE AND THE PROCLAMATION OF MANAS AS KHAN The pursuers chased the enemy day and night and reached the shores of Kum-Aryk. When dawn broke and it began to lighten, the troops of Alooke crossed the Shyta-Kechuu and Tash-Kechuu by wading, and at the very foothills, the wise Bakai ascended to survey the surroundings. At that time, in the area of Boyrok, by the shores of the Great Ak-Chiya, the hero Alooke sat in a white tent adorned with golden cords. Clouds of smoke billowed – the

23.06.2020, 12:37

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The Tale of Manas. The Interrogation Conducted by Khan Alooke

THE INTERROGATION CONDUCTED BY ALOOKE-KHAN IN ANDIJAN Having repelled all attackers, slaughtering everyone who resisted, destroying all who argued, with a fearsome cry, a fierce appearance, and an angry gaze, Khan Alooke seized the throne in Margilan. He held all six cities, including Kokand and Margilan, firmly in his grasp. Anyone who rose from the people, he imprisoned in an iron cage; any brave soul who dared to lift their head, he annihilated; in his anger, everyone feared him, afraid

12.06.2020, 09:58

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The Tale of Manas. How Manas Sowed Wheat and Bought Himself a Shark

ABOUT HOW MANAS SOWED WHEAT AND BOUGHT HIMSELF AKKULA Thanks to the fame of his son, who was previously called "bai Jakyp," the father now began to be called "khan Jakyp." Greedy for livestock, he could not bear that Manas was playing in the ordo, and one day he shouted: – May you perish, son, and I will slaughter all my livestock and bury you. They are only gaining weight, and you keep slaughtering my camels, which have only a palm's worth of fat; at this rate, you

29.05.2020, 16:45

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The Tale of Manas. The Resettlement of Manas to Talas

THE RESETTLEMENT OF MANAS TO TALAS Having crushed forty tribes of the Chinese and Manchus, and saving a handful of Kyrgyz from complete destruction, Manas became the ruler of forty families. He consulted with the elders of his clan and led his tribe back to their native people. They slaughtered a colt whose mother remained barren, played bagalak, various noisy games, chess, generally pleased that they had avenged the hated Kalmyks.

21.05.2020, 16:51

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The Tale of Manas. The Second Battle of Manas with the Kara-Kitay.

THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANAS WITH THE KARA-KITANS The Chinese, led by the heroes Neskara and Joloy, surrounded Manas's camp early in the morning, like ants. The khans, in battle armors, rained down thousands of arrows like rain; drums thundered, tearing at the heart with their noise; dogs howled, cows mooed, trying to dig the ground with their snouts; and the entire area was instantly engulfed in panic. The Tırgooty rushed en masse at the lion-like Manas to seize and bind him. Brave Manas,

05.05.2020, 12:01

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The Tale of Manas. The Campaign of Esen-Khan Against Manas

ABOUT HOW ESEN-KHAN SENDS AN ARMY AGAINST MANAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF DJOLOY So, ten thousand warriors led by DjoLOY and Dongo, who set out on a campaign to capture Manas, were defeated and scattered, fleeing all the way to Beijing. Beaten, bloodied, and swollen like a bag of skins, DooDur cried and howled as he walked day and night until he reached the camp of Esen-Khan and, barely mumbling, told what had happened:

28.04.2020, 20:06

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The Tale of Manas. Khan Koshoy

KHAN KOSHOY In a hilly area crossed by a river, the hero Koshoy gathered the Kyrgyz from seven valleys, and with great difficulty formed them into a people; he raised hunting birds from hawks, made a nation from different tribes; he raised nimble birds from small falcons, made a people from a rabble; and at that time they lived in places called Chech-Dobo-Ata. Having slaughtered well-fed mares with four fingers of fat, foals from barren mothers, lambs that had just stopped suckling, laying out

15.04.2020, 21:39

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The Tale of Manas. How Manas Set Out on a Journey to Find Koshoy

ABOUT HOW MANAS WENT TO SEARCH FOR KOSHOY When the sun rose and the surroundings brightened, Manas woke up, stretched sweetly, and got up from the place where he had slept. He woke up forty of his friends and went to the spring on the outskirts of the village. He washed his face with spring water, and his body felt refreshed. Just as he was about to return, he saw a gray wolf and was surprised. Manas walked on – the wolf followed him; Manas stopped – the wolf did too. Hoping to scare off the

08.04.2020, 10:00

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The Tale of Manas. The Decision of Esen-Khan to Capture Manas.

ABOUT HOW ESEN-KHAN SENT HIS TEN THOUSAND ARMY TO SEARCH FOR MANAS While Manas and his friends were destroying seven hundred heroes, a Chinese man named Tagylyq, who barely saved his skin, rushed to Khan Esen. He ran through the mountains and valleys, both day and night, and after many days, exhausted and weary, finally reached the iron gates of the capital city of Khan Esen. He explained everything to the head of the guard, somehow managed to get to the ruler, fell prostrate at his feet, and

04.04.2020, 06:00

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The Tale of Manas. The Childhood of Manas

Childhood of Manas The Kalmyks, who had also attended the celebration and were intoxicated from drinking kumys and vodka, returned home and excitedly discussed what they had just seen. – Well, well, – one of them said excitedly. – This burut threw a feast for the whole world. Are they bragging to us or what? These vagabonds slaughtered hundreds of livestock, gave out gold and silver to people, and vodka flowed like a river…

01.04.2020, 09:00

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The Tale of Manas. The Birth of Manas.

The Birth of Manas Oh, how hard it is to die without leaving behind offspring! Even animals are granted this fate, and even more so humans, and suddenly you are deprived of this gift of nature, this gift of fate, and all the wealth you have accumulated, all your possessions fall into the hands of completely foreign people, and after you, your descendant's name will never be spoken, after death there will be no cries of your beloved children and no prayers will be read for the repose of

28.03.2020, 03:00

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The Tale of Manas. The Exile of the Kyrgyz to the Altai Lands

EXILE OF THE KYRGYZ FROM ALA-TOO The old and the young were saddened, as if they had drunk blood themselves. Infuriated by the Kalmyks and the Chinese, the ten sons of Orozdu gathered the people, mourned for a long time, then united with Ulaq-khan and Jakyp and said: – Better to die than to live like this. If we are destined to perish, let us give our lives in the struggle against our enemies. We have heads on our shoulders, hearts beating in our chests, and as long as we are alive and

25.03.2020, 03:00

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The Tale of Manas. The Attack on the Kyrgyz by the Chinese Khan Alooke

THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGEND Oh, this ancient tale It is time for us to tell you. This old legend We must pass on to you. Where here is truth, where here is lie – It is hard to discern these days. We have told only part, So that you may enjoy. We will speak long About the hero Manas – He who in valiant battles Immortalized his name. Those who saw all this, Are long since gone. Only the tale has survived Of those hot days of yore. Shall we not begin the story Of past battles, As a lesson for

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