Abay Kunanbaiuly
1845 – 1904 · aged 59
Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)
- Born
- 1845 · Jidebai
- Died
- 1904 · Jidebai
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- 1845BornBorn in Jidebai
- 1904DiedDied in Jidebai
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Abai Qūnanbaiūly (10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1845 – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher.
Abai was a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. His name is also transliterated as Abay Kunanbayev (from Russian: Абай Кунанбаев). Among Kazakhs, he is known mononymously as Abai.
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