Saints and Saints

Berkimbay Kalpe Bekniyazuly (1909, present-day Zhalagash aud., Aksu a. – 1977, Zhalagash village) – saint, shaman, folk healer. By the power of God Almighty, from a young age he was endowed with special qualities and began to be recognized by the people. In his youth, the spirits of his ancestors did not allow him to live in his own house with his family, but forced him to wander around the country and live a pure spiritual life. After going to Zhyrak for about 6-7 years, the saint returned to his native village with a stone weighing 3 idols (48 kg) on ​​his back. He demonstrated his amazing skill by beating this stone with his chest and throwing it into the sky in the cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, which are the centers of religion, and in many holy places. In 1975 When the river water overflowed, the river was in danger of flooding the Zhalagash winter, when Berkimbai Kalpe dived into the river twenty times, the river broke, the ice melted, and the water flowed into its own channel. He also treated patients with seizures, possessed by demons, and infertile women who had not borne children. He licked a red-hot iron with his tongue, sprayed water with his mouth, and the steam from his mouth drove away the disease. He gave a patient with internal diseases one or two tablespoons of butter melted on an empty stomach before the azan and treated them. He used to say, “What saint can bless without butter?” He had the ability to heal by stroking with his palm, beating with a whip, and focusing his attention. When he recited dhikr and ran on the shoulders of a sick person, the patient would not feel his weight. He would dip his hands in boiling water and stir the steaming hot pilaf in the cauldron and the simmering meat in the soup. These miracles of the saint were filmed on television by scientific and ethnographic expeditions from Moscow and Almaty. The Berkimbai Kalpe mausoleum is on the eastern outskirts of the Aksu village. At the top is a guest house, and there is a lampstand (his eldest daughter Sarsenkul).

Kalzhan Ahun Bolekbayuly (1862-1916, Syr Boyi) – a religious figure, a learned teacher who was well versed in religious sciences. Kalzhan Ahun’s ancestors came from the Tabyn clan in the place Zhamankargaly, Aktobe region. His father Bolekbay, when he was a young man, came to his relatives in Karakalpakstan, got married there and stayed. Later, he led the Kazakh people in Karakalpakstan. He became the bey of the Khiva Khanate. He died in 1875 at the age of 90. Kalzhan Ahun studied at a religious school in Khiva, and then in 1879 in Kokiltash. He knew Arabic and Persian languages ​​well. Here he became close friends with Oraz Ahun Beketayuly, who came from the Korkyt Ata region of the Syrdarya. Recognizing Kalzhan Ahun’s education, Oraz Ahun gave him his daughter Zaytek, and in 1890 His lineage brings him to the middle of the same tribe (Zhalagash village). Kalzhan Ahun was an imam in the mosque named after him (now the Kalzhan Ahun Mosque) for a quarter of a century. He was persecuted by the tsarist governors and imprisoned. He was buried in the cemetery of his own mosque. Kalzhan Ahun was included in the poems of the poets Balky Bazar, Turmagambet, and Shonbay.

Mambet Aulie 1862-1882. A saint with a ghostly appearance. He was born near the Koktondy hill in the village of Shamenov. There is a legend about how Mambet was endowed with the gift of smithing in his childhood. It seems that in addition to smithing, he was also endowed with healing properties. He would stroke a bald man’s head with his hand and heal him. It is said that those who spent the night at the Mambet Aulie cemetery on Karaozek and asked for a child had their wishes fulfilled.

Musirali Baba Zhadikuly Musirali Sufi Aziz, (second half of the 18th century – beginning of the 18th century) – a saint of the Three Hundred, a religious figure, a saint. A believer from the Kereyt clan, due to his Sufism and piety, he was called Azhikozha, and his descendants were called Kereyt Khoja. 1680. After the election of Tauke Khan in Kultobe, the Kazakh biys declared Musirali a pir of the three zhuz. The title of Sufi saint was added to his name. There is evidence that Musirali participated in the development of the “Seven Charters”, a collection of customs and traditions of the Kazakh people. One of Musirali’s six children, Kosymkhozha, and his son Abujalel, were also pirs.

Myrzabai Akhun Azamatuly was born around 1833, in the present-day Zhalagash district, on the left bank of the Syrdarya. He died in 1916. He was a religious scholar, saint, and healer. He received Muslim literacy in the village and graduated from the “Kokiltash” madrasah in Bukhara (1854). For several years he taught in Takhtakopir, near the city of Biruni. After returning to the country, he established a mosque and educated students. He composed four poems dedicated to famous people of his time.

Mysyk bi (Yesenzhol)-(born in 1831-1879), a bi who lived in the territory of the modern Zhalagash district from the end of the 18th century to the seventies of the 19th century. A Tokberli tribe. He fought against the invasions of Kokand and Khiva in alliance with the heroes Baikadam and Bukharbai. He was able to unite the people in the Chechen language. Information about Mysyk bi is found in the state archives of Almaty and Orenburg. In the territory of the modern Makpalkol rural district there is a lake called Mysyk bi, a sign of Mysyk bi. There is a Mysyk ditch dug from the village of Shamenov to the village of Daldabay. The Mysyk mausoleum is located 17 km from Shargeltai near the settlement of Kuangaria.

Tyumen Tauip Karazhigituly (circa 1825-1879) – a saint, folk healer, tauip. The mother of Tyumen Tauip was the daughter of the youngest son of the Sufi saint Musirali, who had been a saint for three hundred years and had given life to seven dead. According to local legends, when Tyumen Tauip was 5-6 years old, spirits took care of him, and he settled permanently at the age of 12. The boy Tyumen hung a bag on his shoulder and collected various herbs from the summer hills, the banks of the river, the forests and groves of Saksaul, the Karakum plains and the Nuralyk, and prepared medicinal medicines. He discovered the healing properties of corn, barley, oats, table salt, pumpkins, and watermelons. Similarly, he discovered that from livestock to wild animals and birds, he had medicinal properties that gave strength to the human body and could use them for treatment. Tyumen Tauip was also an excellent kobyz player and kuish player. It is said that he was sad, magical, and musical. The kobyz of Tyumen Tawup is kept in the house of Kostai, the son of Musa Bakhsy, the current shiraq master. The house built on the head of Tyumen Tawup is now dilapidated and starting to collapse. A hotel has been built for pilgrims to stay overnight.

                                                                                       State and public figures

Dauitbayev Tolegen was born in 1893 in the village of Enbek, Zhalagash district. He died in 1978 in Kyzylorda. He is a public figure. He graduated from the preparatory course for teachers in Shymkent (1916), special courses for inspectors (1917). In 1920-26 he was a teacher, director at school, in 1927-30 he was the executive secretary, deputy chairman of the Kazalyn district executive committee, in 1930-33 he was the chairman of the union of collective farmers in the Maktaaral district of South Kazakhstan region, in 1937-39 he was the head of the sector in the land department of the Kyzylorda regional executive committee. In 1940-43 he was the director of the Sulutobe mechanical school, head of the land department of the Syrdarya district, in 1943-52 he was the head of the Kazalyn district Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1952-55. He held a managerial position in the regional economic institution, the regional supply department (1955-59). In later years, he headed the Kirov farm of the Syrdarya district. He was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, the “Badge of Honor”, medals. He was a three-time deputy to the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR.

Sarbasov Hamza was born in 1895 in the village of Akkum. He died there in 1947. He is a figure. In 1904-09, he studied at the reform school in Alamesek. In 1916-20, he participated in the First World War and the Civil War. In 1920-27, he was the head of the department of public education of the district, in 1933-34, he was the director of music colleges in Tashkent and Almaty. In 1934-36, he was the director of the Kyzylorda Medical College, in the region. He served as the head of the public education department. In 1937, he was subjected to political repression and was exiled to Kolyma from 1938 to 1942. After returning to the country, he worked as a teacher.

Zhurgenov Temirbek Karauly was born in 1898 in the village of Zhanatalap, Zhalagash district. He died in 1938 in Almaty. He was a statesman. He learned to read and write in a village school where Turmagambet Iztileuov taught, then he received his primary education at the Russian-Kazakh school in Alamesek, and at the Sukhansky school in Perovsk (Kyzylorda). In 1917 he entered the Ufa Agricultural College. While studying there, he actively participated in public life, participated in social movements of student youth. In 1918 he joined the editorial board of the newspaper “Kazakh Moaning”, was a member of the convening bureau of the Congress of Soviets in Torgai. In 1919 he was appointed chairman of the Kenzhegara bolshevik rev. committee of the Irgiz uyezd. In 1920 he joined the Communist Party of the Soviets (Bolsheviks) and became the Irgiz uyezd rev. He was elected chairman of the executive committee of the district workers’, soldiers’ and peasants’ deputies’ committee, studied at the workers’ faculty in Orenburg in 1921-23. In 1923, he was sent to study at the law faculty of the Central Asian State University in Tashkent. While studying here, he was appointed plenipotentiary representative of the Kazakh ASSR in the Turkestan Republic, was elected a member of the Central Executive Committees of the Kazakh ASSR and the Turkestan Republic, participated in conferences and plenums of regional and republican party organizations. He participated in the national-territorial delimitation of the territory of the republics formed in Central Asia. He published articles on this issue in the newspapers “Enbekshi Kazakh” and “Soviet Steppe”. In 1926, he was appointed director of the Kazakh Pedagogical Institute in Tashkent. He invited such scientists as Acad. V.V. Bartold and Prof. S.E. Malov to the institute and made efforts to revitalize the work of the institute. He translated textbooks on political economy and law for higher education institutions into the Kazakh language. He participated in the compilation of a collection of Kazakh terms. In 1929, he served as the Finance Commissar of the Government of Tajikistan, in 1930-33, the People’s Education Commissar of the Government of Uzbekistan, and in 1933-37, the People’s Education Commissar of the Government of Kazakhstan. He attracted such figures as S. Aspandiyarov, K. Zhubanov, and G. Musrepov to the work of the People’s Education Commissariat of Kazakhstan. With Zhurgenov’s direct intervention, the resolution “On the regulation of the school system in Kazakhstan and the increase in the number of Kazakh secondary schools” was adopted, which laid the foundation for an increase in the number of Kazakh secondary schools. Zhurgenov turned the People’s Education Commissariat into a headquarters for the development of national culture. He was one of the main organizers of the 1st All-Kazakhstan Congress of People’s Artists held in Almaty in 1934, and the Decade of Kazakh Art and Literature in Moscow in 1936. During the decade, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor along with other cultural figures of our republic. Zhurgenov paid much attention to the training of specialists in the field of national culture and art, and assisted Kazakh youth in obtaining education in educational institutions in the central cities of the USSR. M. Auezov, Zh. Shanin, A. Kasteev, etc. created conditions for the involvement of figures in production. Zhurgenov made a great contribution to the organization of the first music theater in Kazakhstan (Kazakh Opera and Ballet Theater). He gave A.V. Zataevich a lot of information about Kazakh songs. In 1937, he was nominated as a candidate for deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. On August 3 of this year, he was arrested on false charges of being an “enemy of the people” and sentenced to death by firing squad under paragraphs 10 and 11 of Article 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. By the decision of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on April 18, 1957, he was found innocent and acquitted. In 1993, the Kazakh National Academy of Arts in Almaty was named after Zhurgenov. In the cities of Almaty and Kyzylorda, in the Irgiz district of Aktobe region and the Zhalagash district of Kyzylorda region, there are schools and streets named after Zhurgenov. In 1998, Zhurgenov’s 100th anniversary was celebrated throughout the republic. A monument was erected in his birthplace, the village of Zhalagash. He died in February 1938 in the Almaty region.

Urkimbayev Toleubay was born in 1898 in the village of Bukharbay Batyr, Zhalagash district, Kyzylorda region. From the age of 16 he worked as a worker at the Zhalagash railway station in Zhosal (1914–1917).

His works have been published in periodicals since 1929. His poems were included in collective collections of poets (“On zhyldagi zhlya”, 1930; “Halyk akyndary”, 1953; “Akyn zhyrlary”, 1958; “Pernedegi termeler”, 1965). A personal collection of poems entitled “Olenmen orilgen nyalty” was published in 2002. During the Great Patriotic War, his poems were published in front-line newspapers. He actively participated in the regional and regional aytsy.

He was awarded the “XV Anniversary of Kazakhstan” badge (1935), the “Badge of Honor” order (1945), and the “For Valor in Labor” medal (1945). A street in his native village and the Zhalagash district center is named after T. Urkimbayev. He died in 1956.

was born in 1898 in the village of Bukharbay Batyr, Zhalagash district, Kyzylorda region. From the age of 16 he worked as a worker at the Zhalagash railway station in Zhosal (1914–1917).

His works have been published in periodicals since 1929. His poems were included in collective collections of poets (“On zhyldagi zhlya”, 1930; “Halyk akyndary”, 1953; “Akyn zhyrlary”, 1958; “Pernedegi termeler”, 1965). A personal collection of poems entitled “Olenmen orilgen nyalty” was published in 2002. During the Great Patriotic War, his poems were published in front-line newspapers. He actively participated in the regional and regional aytsy.

He was awarded the “XV Anniversary of Kazakhstan” badge (1935), the “Badge of Honor” order (1945), and the “For Valor in Labor” medal (1945). A street in his native village and the Zhalagash district center is named after T. Urkimbayev. He died in 1956.