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Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov, given name Muxammed Qanafiya (November 1835 - April 10, 1865) was a famous Kazakh scholar, ethnographer and historian. He is regarded as the father of modern Kazakh historiography and ethnography. The Kazakh Academy of Sciences is named after him. His name is written Chokan Valikhanov in English based on the transliteration of the Russian spelling of his name, which he used himself. The Kazakh language variant of his name was written in the Arabic script, and was similar to the Russian version. He was born in November 1835 in the newly developed Aman-Karagaiskii district within the Kushmurun fort in what is nowadays the Kostanay Province of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Chokan was a fourth generation descendant of the Ablai Khan, a khan of the Middle juz. Chokan's family was very respected by the government of the Russian Empire, and Valikhanov's father was awarded, during his life, six appointments as senior Sultan of Kushmurun okrug, a term as chief Kazakh advisor to the frontier board, a promotion to Colonel, and a separate term as senior Sultan in the Kokshetau okrug.