Nurgissa Almurat

Zhalgas's life seems to have it all—success, family, comfort—but he lacks peace of mind. Shadows of the past and hidden secrets haunt him every minute. He blames his mother, Mayrash, for his childhood dreams and all the family's misfortunes. One day, after a fight between his mother and his daughter-in-law, when a scandal erupts in the house, Zhalgas decides, on the eve of his mother's anniversary, to personally drive her to the village to talk things out and sort things out along the way.

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Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah, the ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, initiated a tragic but united struggle against the Mongol invasion. After unsuccessful attempts by the Khwarazm shahs to stop the Mongol invasion that began in the Central Asian steppes, Jalal al-Din, the last ruler of the empire, put dynastic fights between Seljuks and Khwarazmians aside, and tried to establish a united front to stop the Mongols.

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