Ahmet GÜNGÖR

Begimcan AYTBAYEV

Jambıl Jabayulı is one of the rare minstrels of the oral and written literature of the transitional period, which marked two centuries, experienced the system of tsarism, bolshevism, and communism, and witnessed two world wars. The fact that he carried forward the Turkish tradition of poetics, minstrelsy, and bardship extending from Central Asia to Anatolia and the Balkans with his poems, idioms, duets, and epics, and that he witnessed the periods and times have attracted the attention of folk literature researchers.

It is not enough to evaluate the minstrel Jambıl within the confines of Kazakh verbal and written literature. The dexterity, knowledge skills, and idioms of the minstrel, which has a well-deserved reputation among Kazakh, Turkic World, and world minstrels who create epics, have a great impact on the next generation of minstrels who come after themselves. The Kazakh duet, in addition to its sagas, carried out the Kyrgyz's Manas saga and he made duets with Kyrgyz minstrels, especially Toktogul. Among all these characteristics, the minstrel, who raised social sensitivity to the highest level, fearlessly satirized the ruthless rulers and rich people who persecuted the people, in his poems and duets.

Köroğlu and Ötegen Batır Epics came out on top of Jambıl Ozan's saga tradition. When these epics are simultaneously examined, they reflect the typical characteristics of the Turkish Epic tradition since Ergenekon. Although three or four episodes of the Köroğlu saga have been recorded, the other chapters performed by the bard are still being investigated in archives and records. The place-water, tribe, and surnames in both epics, duets, and idioms constitute important and rich sources of the field of toponyms and linguistics.

Keywords: Jambıl Jabayulı, Şapıraştı, Ötegen Batır, Akın, Aytıs