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2017 year. Kyrgyz-Turkish "Manas" University in Bishkek. An elderly woman enters the room where the teachers of the history department are sitting. He handed out a yellowed paper, old and folded in four, from his bag and asked: "Are there any of you who can read Arabic?" he asks. The inscription was written in Ottoman. The letters of the Ottoman language were Arabic, and the words were Turkish, Arabic, and Persian. Historians' attention was immediately drawn to the seal of Sultan Abdulhamid II. It is interesting how this paper, belonging to the last era of the Ottoman Empire, came to Kyrgyzstan, which is 10,000 kilometers away from Turkey. As a result, it is determined that this document is a certificate of a badge given to the hero of Shabdan, son of Zhantai, who contributed to the construction of the Hijaz Railway. The woman who brought this paper, which had been forgotten for more than a century, asked: "Who are you?" Yes, this woman was the daughter of Zhanyl Abdyldabek, the great-grandson of the Shabdan hero. June 2021. Ankara. President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov is going to Turkey on an official business trip. Although many did not notice, but among the protocol events, there was an event for those who are interested in history. The Kyrgyz delegation prepared and presented a color copy of the badge certificate given to Shabdan Hero by Sultan Abdulhamid II to the head of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as a gift. In today's edition, we will tell about the bravery of Shabdan hero who received this certificate and why this thing is so important nowadays. A KYRGYZ HERO WHO LENDED A HELPING HAND TO THE OTTOMANS THE KYRGYZ MOUNTAINS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ISTANBUL-MECCA HIJAZ RAILWAY