Botakoz batyr, daughter of Tama Eset Kokiuly, daughter-in-law of Azhibai bi, lived in (1719-1747).
Botakoz, the daughter of Tama Eset batyr, she was raised by her sister Zhapalak in her youth and learned martial arts from her. Even after the owl was handed over to Tleuli Batyr, they did not break up with him. She took part in expeditions with Tleuli Batyr in Zhapalak and amazed many Kalmyks with her sniper skills. Only after the birth of a child she paid attention to the upbringing of the child and rarely go to war.
In 1742, Eset batyr and Tleuli batyr were summoned by Abulkhair khan and they left. When the Dzungars found out, they attacked at night to take away the village horse. The Dzungars killed the persecutors who tried to snatch the horses from them. At that moment, Botakoz, dressed as a man, wearing a light armor, took up arms and went against the invaders with 150 soldiers. He attacked the Kazakh villages on the way to the Dzungarian Kalmyks, took a herd of horses and headed for his homeland. Suddenly “Karabura! Karabura! ” The young hero, who shouted: This Kalmyk leader was a Thai named Kondy. When the Kazakh troops surrounded him and tried to kill him, a young batyr, who had come out of one of them playing with a purple horse, put the bull in his hand and put it on his neck. When the Kalmyks saw that their commander had fallen to the ground, they fled and most of them were shot. Botakoz, the only daughter of the young Kazakh hero Tama Eset Tarkhan, is beautiful. The Kalmyk settler is very proud and humiliated that he lost to a Kazakh girl and became a prisoner. Hearing of his sister's victory, Zhapalak made a sacrifice and celebrated the victory in Kipchak. Valuable historical documents confirming this feat of Botakoz Esetkyzy are stored in the Aktobe regional museum. The mausoleum is located in Kemer village of Oil district.
Reference: 1. Regional sacred sites of Kazakhstan. –Astana: Foliant, 2017. –120 p;
