Kazako

At the death of Genghis Khan (1227) the Mongol empire created by him, which included the territory of present day Kazakhstan, was divided into four khanates, the number of the children of the great emperor.  The whole of the northern flank of modern Kazakhstan, at the time half desert, became part of the khanate of the Golden Horde, while the southern flank, where the ancient Kazakh cities of Taraz, Turkestan and Shymkent were to be found, became part of the Chagatai khanate, named thus after [...]

Mukagali Makatajev Translation of the Hell in tercets by Mukagali Makatayev (Karasaz 1931 - Almaty 1976), Kazakh writer, poet and translator. The translation was completed in 1971 and remained unpublished for a long time. It is rhymed, non according to the Dantean metre. Edition published at Almaty in 2010. Copertina del volume Frontespizio Incipit dell'Inferno --oooOooo--