Shoqan Walikhanov
Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov | |
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A portrait of Shokan Valikhanov in his military uniform | |
| Born | November 1835 Kushmurun fort in Kostanay Province |
| Died | April 10, 1865 (aged 29) Village of Sultan Tezek in Almaty Province |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Other names | Shoqan Walikhanuli, Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan; Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанапия |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, Historian, Ethnographer and Folklorist, Officer in Asiatic Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Known for | Kazakh historian, ethnographer, and civil servant |
| Spouse | Aisary Walikhanova |
| Children | No |
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Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov (Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, romanized: Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan, Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов), given name Mukhammed Kanafiya (Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанафия, romanized: Mūhammed Qanafiia) (November 1835 – April 10, 1865) 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 Dictionary of Kazakhstan. The Kazakh Academy of Sciences became the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Kazakh Academy of Sciences in 1960. English-language texts sometimes give his name as "Chokan Valikhanov", based on a transliteration of the Russian spelling that he used himself.