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Alpamysh
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dastan
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The Soviet Union 1988 CPA 5990 stamp (Alpamysh, Uzbek epic poem. R. Khalilov).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Versions
  • Brief synopsis of the story
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Sequel
  • Adaptations
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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Alpamysh, also spelled as Alpamish or Alpamis (, , , , , , Kazan Tatar: Аlpamşa, Altay: Аlıp Мanaş), is an ancient Turkic epic or dastan, an ornate oral history, generally set in verse, and one of the most important examples of the Turkic oral literature of Central Asia, mainly the Kipchak Turks.

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