Kockar Ata (Khodzha-Kochkari, Koçqər-i Chodja or Koçkır-i Baba) was a
dervish of
Ahmad Yasavi. "Ram" is the meaning of his name. According to common belief Koçkar Ata is from Teke
Turcomans
Turkoman (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: تُركْمانْ, ota, تركمن, Türkmen and ''Türkmân''; az, Türkman and ', tr, Türkmen, tk, Türkmen, Persian language, Persian: ترکمن sing. ''Turkamān'', pl. ''Tarākimah''), ...
. In his time the people were making the rams fight and since his ram was the champion of each match, he was named as Kochkar. His real name is not to be known. After Koçkar Ata's death, his ram could not resist the separation and it died on his grave. So a ram statue had been put over Koçkar Ata's grave. There is scripture in Arabic alphabet as"ya Allah, ya Muhammed, ya Ali".
Also, some
Clans
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and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
like "
Koçgiri" and "Köşkerler" are named after him.
There are many legends about the city "
Kochkor-Ata
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
and why that place became sacred. Some people say that Kockar/Kochkor Ata was a Muslim saint and was buried in that place after his death. Since then, the place of his burial became a place of pilgrimage for many people. Others connect the history of Kochkor Ata shrine with
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
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folklore. Thus,
Kazakh ethnographer Chokan Valikhanov mentions that Kazakh sultan Barak, who lived at the end of the 18th century, “became careless, and showing off his strength he invaded the sacred place of the Kyrgyz, Koshkar Ata.” The Kirghiz became angry, attacked Barak’s camp, and pursued his army as far as the
Ili River
The Ili ( ug, ئىلى دەرياسى, Ili deryasi, Ili dəryasi, 6=Или Дәряси; kk, Ile, ; russian: Или; zh, c=伊犁河, p=Yīlí Hé, dng, Йили хә, Xiao'erjing: اِلِ حْ; mn, Ил, literally "Bareness") is a river sit ...
. “The Kirghiz,” writes Valikhanov, “attributed their enemies’ escape to the holiness of Kochkor Ata"
alikhanov 1985, p. 375 There is another legend told by a man from Cholpon Ata, who said that Arslanbab (a ''
mazar Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to:
*Mazar (mausoleum); often but not always Muslim mausoleum or shrine.
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'' in Southern Kyrgyzstan) had seven children. And the seven ''mazars'', Oisul Ata, Karakol Ata, Shïng Ata, Manzhïl Ata, Cholpon Ata, Kochkor Ata, Oluia Ata, were built in their honor
bramzon 1975, p. 304 It is worth noting that in the Soviet period, as part of the effort to discourage
Islamic
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practice, the authorities undertook severe measures to prevent worship at ''mazars''.
List of villages named after "Kockar Ata"
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Kirgistan: 1.Kochkor-Ata, 2.Kochkor, 3.Ak-Kochkor, 4.Kochkar
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Tadjikistan: Khodzha-Kochkari
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Russia
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: Kochkari (near
Kazan
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in
Tatarstan)
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Syria
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: Kouchkar (area of the Sis
Afshars
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During the Seljuk conquests of the 11th century ...
between the 14th and 16th centuries)
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Turkey
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: Koçgiri area (in
Sivas), Koçkiran (in
Iğdır
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History
Iğdır went by the Armenian name of Tsolakert during the Middle Ages. s.v. "Igdir," Armenia ...
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External links
"Ahmet Yesevi University""About Kyrgyz city Kochkor Ata and Kockar Atas legend""Report in turkish language"
Kyrgyzstani Muslims
12th-century Turkic people