Abstract
Our spiritual and cultural values are written monuments. The article presents overview of poems written about Khusrau and Shirin’s love, which were sung as example of pure love throughout the Orient and the Turkic world. Tradition of writing poems on this topic has existed continuously for 800 years, starting with the great poet of Azerbaijan Nizami. Written literary heritage of that era is highlighted, including plot of «Khusrau and Shirin», spiritual and cultural values. Monuments in the Oguz-Kipchak and Kipchak-Oguz languages during Golden Horde were basis for formation of ancient Kazakh literary language and Kazakh written literature. Kutub’s poem «Khusrau and Shirin» is considered special heritage of Golden Horde literature, a written example of ancient Kazakh literature. Kazakh folklore literature has deep history, and written literature has also grown in depths of history. The article presents new findings comparing the poem with «Kozy Korpesh-Bayan Sulu». Study uses historical-comparative, typological, comparative research methods. The results of study can be used in Turkic studies, history of Kazakh literature, and culturology. The article presents the results of the latest comparative study of Qutb’s poem «Khusrau and Shirin» and the pearl of the Kazakh lyric epic «Kozy Korpesh - Bayan Sulu» in the aspect of typological similarities in the poetics of their artistic world. The article contains new views on the analysis of the literary text of the Golden Horde literature, a written classic work of ancient Kazakh literature using comparative and comparative methods.