Position:
Chief researcher at Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology
Date of birth: August 05, 1940.
Education, Specialty (qualification), Licenses:
Tashkent State University, Arabic Department of Eastern Faculty (1963).
Academic ranks, degrees:
Doctor of Historical Sciences, thesis topic: “State of Kimaks in IX-XI centuries According to Arab sources”(1993).
Professor (1996).
Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1995).
Academician of NAS RK (2003).
Languages: Kazakh, Russian, Arabic.
Books:
1. Государство кимаков IX–XI вв. по арабским источникам. – Алма-Ата, (1972).
2. История Казахской ССР. – Т.1, 2. – Алма-Ата, (1979).
3. Арабские и персидские источники по истории кипчаков VIII–XIV вв. –Алма-Ата, (1987).
4. История Казахстана. Очерк. – Алма-Ата, (1993).
5. История Казахстана в средние века (VI—XVII вв.). – Алматы, (1996).
6. История Казахстана. – Т.1, 2. – Алматы, (1997).