Abstract
The article is dedicated to the study of data on the history of relationships between the Kazakhs and the Central Asian Khanates in the 18th – the 19th centuries, which are contained in the poetry of national oral tradition of that time. The article analysis historical facts, which are contained in the works of Qozhabergen zhyrau Tolibayuly (1663-1763), Zhankisi zhyrau (the beginning of the 19th century), Dulat Babatayuly (1802-1871), Shortanbay Kanayuly (1818-1881) and Kerdery Aubakir Shokanuly (1861-1905). Based on the source study analysis of Kazakh authors’ works, such as Aktaban shubyryndy, Alkakol sulama, Reflections of Zhanqozha Batyr, Auelgi qazaq degen zhurt, Otken imanshylyq zamandi zhoqtap aytkany, the several stages of relationships between Kazakh Steppe and Khiva, Bukhara and Kokand are reconstructed.