Shoqan Walikhanov
Kazakh scholar and ethnographer
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Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in the Great Game. His reputation "as the father of modern Kazakh history and ethnography" is recorded in the Historical... Wikipedia
Born: November 1835
Died: April 10, 1865 (age 29 years), Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
Education: Omsk Cadet Corps (1847–1853)
Parents: Chingis Walikhanov and Zeynep Chormanova
Grandparent: Wali Khan
Nationality: Kazakh