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The
big states founded by Oguz Han lasted thousands of years. The alphabet
he prepared was also used for thousands of years. Exactly when this
alphabet fell out of use is not known, but there is an 18th
century lamentation for it named “Beautiful twenty five” by the poet
Sheydai:
How
pleasing sounds to ears,
Saying
all the beautiful twenty-five.
Some
with tuneful voice, the vowels,
I
followed all the beautiful twenty-five.
Seven
were made of voice,
And
eighteen contained noise,
After
three thousand years of life
Why
let yourself go, all the beautiful twenty-five?
Oh,
Sheydayy says, Worse happened,
Alas,
all the folk mourn, lament for you,
Now
they scorn you,
Thus
vanished, all the beautiful twenty-five
(98.)
In
1889, stone tablets and epitaphs, on which there were ancient writings,
were discovered on the shores of the Orhon River in Siberia. The
scholars studied them and concluded in the year 1893 that the script
used in these epitaphs was the old Türkmen alphabet and the texts were
written in the old Türkmen language. Thus, through these studies we
came to know the old Türkmen alphabet that is composed of 38 letters.
There is a sentence in the epitaphs: “Oh Oguz Rulers! Halt and listen!
Who can disturb your tradition and your country unless Allah annihilates
us or the earth splits?” This indicates the continuance of the Oguz,
that is the Türkmens, and emphasizes our wish to be and remain
independent. The saying “as written on stone” illustrates this fact
much better.
(147.)
Among
the first things that Oguz Han implemented were the use of the national
Oguz alphabet and the wagon for during military campaigns. These were
fundamental to other inventions which would contribute to various
developments at a world level.
The
ox-cart with two wooden wheels, which was invented by the leader of the
tribe of Kaòly, was the second important contribution of Türkmens to
world civilization.
Türkmens
have transmitted these two inventions up to the present through the
course of history. Undoubtedly, the wagon has lent speed to history and
to life. The design of our alphabet has changed throughout history; and
today we see it in the form of the embroidery on Türkmen carpets.
(162)
The
nature of the Türkmen is the alphabet of the spiritual language of the
Türkmen.
(180)
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