On 11 August 2024, an employee of the department “Museum Street” of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve Sagirova L. Sh. held for 35 children an event on “A poet-thinker”.
Kul Gali is a poet of Volga Bulgaria, the author of the lyric-epic poem “Kyssa-i-Yusuf”. Biographical information about Kul Gali is few and contradictory. Kul Gali was born in Volga Bulgaria. For many years he wandered around the cultural centers of the Muslim East (Syria, Jerusalem, Mecca), lived for a long time in Bilyar, Bolgar, Suvar, Kashan. He had the spiritual rank of mullah. It is assumed that he died in 1236 in Bilyar during the Mongol invasion. Although there is also an opinion that the poet died his death in 1241.
The poem “Kyssa-i-Yusuf” was written in 1233. The linguistic features of the work indicate that it was created in the Lower Volga region where there was active ethno-cultural interaction between the Oghuz and Kipchaks. The plot of the poem is based on the biblical and Quranic legend about the beautiful Yusuf. The main message of the poem is that a person, who has gone through all hardships and deprivations and managed to preserve love for the world and people around him, kindness and sense of justice, as well as preserving his own dignity in the most difficult situations in life, will be repeatedly rewarded for his patience and kindness.
At the event, the participants learnt a brief summary of the work. They answered questions and listened to extracts from the poem.

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