THE REFLECTION OF THE KYRGYZ-KAZAKH RELATIONS IN XVII-XVIII CENTURIES IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF CHOKAN VALIKHANOV

Abstract

The value of the rich creative heritage of Kazakh scholar Chokan Valikhanov in learning the history of the Central Asia people as a source and historical research is currently important. In this article we collected and analyzed Chokan Valihanov’s data on
Kyrgyz – Kazakh relations in XVII-XVIII centuries based on newly found documental sources, oral folk tales of these peoples and on the current researches of scholars. As a result of this, some indisputable chronological dates have been clarified and new
explanations for controversial moments of the history of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh relations in particular and the Central Asian peoples in general have been provided.