the other side, there was the man who was bad-tempered and angry. The words of this man were like poisoned arrows to me. When I attempted to beat them, my hands refused to do it; when I attempted to swear at them, my tongue refused to do it. So the only thing that I could do was to digest those words which were like poisoned arrows.

Görogly has opened new horizons in my life; there was justice in his world. I have understood that there can be nothing greater than justice.

I was separated from my homeland, which I love very much, when I began to study in Leningrad. By going to the libraries there, I immersed myself in the depths of history so that I felt as if I was at the heart of my homeland. During my education in Leningrad, I learnt the five thousand year history of my people by reading every single line about it.

When you go for a long journey, your mother prepares your food. I, however, have no mother, so I took the word “Türkmen” in place of food.

When you go for a long journey, your father sends you with his blessings; I, however, have no father, so I have taken the blessings of my homeland on my journey.

When I considered my situation, I understood that I was not an orphan! How can someone be an orphan if he has a father like Oguz Han, a teacher like Gorkut Ata, an elder brother like Görogly, an advisor like Magtymguly?

The rise of the Türkmen commanders Togrul and Çagry Begs annoyed the Soltan of the Türkmens, Gaznaly Mahmyt, who had conquered huge territories in the East and West, including India. He called one of the Hans of the Seljuk Türkmens in order to learn about them. Ysraýyl Han started