Manuscript no. 9(202) in the NAS KR Manuscript Archives is a collection of poems in Arabic-script Kyrgyz compiled by Qayum Miftaqov and written in his hand, dated 29 April 1928. Titled 1916-jıldın qozġoloŋu ‘The Uprising of 1916’, the manuscript consists of 106 folios. Poems recounting the uprising commence on f. 4r and continue on the recto sides of folios through f. 103r. This run of 100 folios is page-numbered in the scribe’s hand sequentially 1-100 in Arabic (western) numerals.

The contents are as follows by author and title:

• Orozaqun Lepes uulu, Qan tögüldü, pp. 1-2
• Toqtosun ırčı Booġačı uulu, Qačqın, pp. 2-6
• Moldoġazı Toqobay uulu, Ürkün, pp. 6-10
• Moldoġazı Toqobay uulu, Qatuu kün, pp. 11-14
• Moso Beyit uulu, Qačqın, pp. 14-17
• Moso Čaġatay uulu, Qırġın, pp. 17-28
• Abılqasım Jütököy uulu, Qačaq turmušu, pp. 29-54
• Imanalı Janġazı uulu, Qozġoloŋ, pp. 55-100

A Cyrillic Kyrgyz table of contents posted on the inner front cover analyzes the manuscript’s contents differently.

There is also a separate, undated, typed Cyrillic transliteration of the manuscript.

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Qan Tögüldü

Full Transcription

[MS f. 4r]

1.

Belek Soltonoy uulu 1932-j. 15/XII ko

cyryp aldı. Soltonoyiv B.^[1]

1916- جیلدین قوزعولوڭوُ.

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1. قان توگوُلدوُ (x

وروز اقوُن له​په​س وُلوُوُ.

1  قان توگوُلدوُ ٔبیر قانچالیق ه​لیڭده​ن⹁

2  تامعا بولوُب که​تبه​یٕ توُرعان کوُڭوُلدون.

3  کوزگو قاردیق, تارتقان زاردیق کوبوٮٕوُب⹁

4  کوزدوُن جاشی قان ارالاش توگوُلگون.

5  دارت بولدوُ قو توعوُز ٔتوُرلوُوُ وبکوگو

6  مالی موُلکوُݣ ولجو بولوُب وزگوگو.

7  باشین باٮٕلاب باٮٕدا – که​شته​ر جوُمشادی⹁

8  تارتقان جاپاا^[2] تاق بولدوُ قو وتکورو.

9  باٮٕلاب الدی مالاٮٕلیققا باشیݣدی⹁

10  تیرناقتارین قابیرعاعا باا تیردی.

11  اچقالیقتان ازاماتتان کوب ٔولوُب⹁

12  تاماق ٔوُچوُن بالالاری ساتیلدی.

13  ولوُکتوروُن یتته​ر جه​دی ^[3] ٔبیر جاقتان⹁

14   ٔتروُلوُروُ قوُتوُلبادی قیٮٕناقتان.

15  ته​بکیله​ر جه​ب قیزیل الا کوچودو

16  باٮٕلاب الیب چیرعا تارتتی شیٮٕراقتان.

17  باٮٕلاب جوُمشاب به​که​رینچه اٮٕدادی

18   ٔبیر سینیق نان کوُندوُگوُنو العانی.

19  مازلوُمدار کوُچوُن الیب قوُبالاب⹁

20  دارمان که​تیب دارتقا جوُروک چالعانی.

21  باٮٕلار کوروُب باٮٕقوُش کوُچوُن دوولودوُ⹁

22  باقیر قیرعیز باشین ساتیب قوُوُرادی.

23   ٔمیݣ ٔتوُرلوُوُ دارت دوُچار بولوُب قیرعیزعا

24  بالالار مه​ن قاتین – قیزدار چوُوُلادی.

Footnote:

1921 – جیلدا توݣ بولوُشوُندا توُروُوُچوُ دوگدوُر وُوُلوُنان ق. موُبتاق وُوُلوُ

جازیب العان.

[MS f. 4r]

2.

25  که​ڭه​ش وُکوُموت ارقاسیندا جان قالدی⹁

26  قاریب قیرعیز قاٮٕدا بولسو ساقتالدی.

27  ادیل وُکوُموت قالاس قیلیب قوُلدوُقتان⹁

28  تازالادی جوُروکتوگوُ ارماندی.

29  قیزیل اس – که​ر توُقوُموُݣدوُ قالتیردی⹁

30  بایٕ – مانابتار مالایٕ العان جاردیݣدی.

31  قیزیل اس – که​ر ساقتاب قالدی ه​لیݣدی⹁

32  اٮٕیقتیردی سا – بهت وُکوُموت دارتیݣدی.

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^[1] Unclear whether this reads ‘Soltonoyiv’ or ‘Soltonoy’ with an abbreviated ‘uulu’.

^[2] Originally *japa, overwritten to japaa, ‘torment’.

^[3] Overwritten, originally *jeydi.

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Notes on Text Edition

x) [Miftakov’s footnote:] 1921 – jılda Toŋ bolušunda turuuču Dögdür uulunan Q. Muptaq uulu jazıp alġan ‘Written down in the year 1921 by Q. Muptaq uulu from Dögdür uulu, a resident of Toŋ district’. 2 ms. küŋüldön for köŋüldön, ‘heart [abl.]’. 5 Cf. standard Qırġiz ġo, ‘surely, apparently’; see also line 8. 7 ms. bayda-kečter apparently for paydakečter, ‘wealthy people [pejorative]’; here as well as elsewhere in the ms., Miftakov has used a hyphen to separate words which break vowel harmony rules so that the component parts conform to the rules. 8 Originally *japa, overwritten to japaa, ‘torment’. 10 ms. baatırdı for batırdı, ‘he/she/they pressed, he/she/they submerged’. 12 Cf. more commonly used baldar, ‘children’. 13 Originally *jeydi, overwritten to jedi, ‘he/she/they ate’. 14 ms. trülürü is clearly an error as [tr-] is not found as a word initial cluster in Qırġız and tirüülörü, ‘those alive’gives the line the required 11 syllables for the meter. 15 Originally alar, ‘they’, corrected by the scribe to ala, ‘variegated [in color]’ by crossing out the word final character. 21 ms. doolodu, for duuladı, ‘he/she/they crowded in’. 23 ms. dučar bolup for duučar bolup, ‘were met up with’. 24 the men here should be read as menen, ‘with; and’; the choice of the monosyllabic form helps to maintain the 11-syllable meter. 25 ms. ükümöt for ökmöt, ‘government’; see also lines 27 and 32. 29a ms. as-ker for asker, ‘army’; see also line 31. 29b Originally *qaldırdı, overwritten to qaltırdı, ‘left, preserved’. 31 the Final two words overwritten and indecipherable in ms., taken from Cyrillic typescript. 32 ms. sa-bet for Russian sovet, ‘council, Soviet’; note the parallel use of Qırġız keŋeš, ‘council’in line 25.

Notes on English Translation

5 The number ‘nine’ here is not literal but used to emphasize the variety of pains.  The dart öpkögö, ‘pains of the lung’ refer to the myriad of colored lung conditions in Kyrgyz culture which may or may not actually relate to the lungs; e.g. aq öpkö, ‘disease of the lungs’ vs. qara öpkö, ‘rampant disease’ or ‘plague of goats’, etc. (Iudakhin, s.v. “өпкө”). 7 Lit. ‘he/she/they tied up his/her/their heads.’  This phrase also has a metaphorical meaning of losing one’s autonomy, e.g. bašı baylaluu, ‘anyone not under their own control’ (Iudakhin, s.v. “баш”).  While this line may literally refer to the livestock being captured, the subtext is clear that it is the Kyrgyz themselves were the ones being subjugated. 16 The use of čırġa, ‘falcon lure’ alongside the street “streaked with red” from the previous line paints a gruesome image which is difficult to represent in the line constraints of the translation. The bound captives were apparently forced to their knees and dragged down the street, which left streaks of red blood and flesh, which the poet compares to the raw meat dragged as lures in training birds of prey. 19 küčün here and in line 21 should be read as ‘potential to do labor.’ 22Lit. ‘sold their heads’.  See also note on line 7. 25 jan qaldı, lit. ‘soul(s) remained’; arqasında, more specifically, ‘thanks to the actions of’ or ‘in the wake of’.