Speaks like a castle in support of you!

You are the shield in my left hand

And the dagger in the right, my dear brother!

Even the younger of twin babies should pay due respect to and greet the older when they grow up, no matter that they were born on the same day and at the same hour.

Two brothers make the two hands of the same body. One hand washes the other hand, but two hands together can wash the face.

Our father Oguz Han told his elder sons that they were the bow and told the younger ones that they were the arrow, and they had to go where the bow sent them.

A brother and his elder brother should pay respect to one another.

When the Türkmen wishes to speak well of someone, he says, “May your brother be your friend, and your friend your brother.” The friend and the brother are the same in rank.

A friend is one’s second “self”. But it is not possible to say the same of every brother. The Türkmen says, “Identify the brave man by looking at his friend.” A man’s friend is a measure against which that man is evaluated. A man becomes a friend only to people who are close to his heart and with whom he has a rapport.

If it is blood relations that fix brotherhood, then what measures friendship? In old Türkmen thought, every man had a jinn. The jinns were short in height, and their napes were as bright as their faces. Every man’s jinn always stood nearby. When walking, the jinn would go a few steps in front. Therefore, before men contacted one another, their jinns had