Togolok Moldo (Kyrgyz: Тоголок Молдо; real name: Байымбет Абдырахманов, Bayymbet Abdyrakhmanov; 10 June 1860 – 4 January 1942) was a Kyrgyz poet, Manaschi and folk song writer. Born in the village Kurtka in what is now the Ak-Talaa District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.[1] Togolok Moldo by his audiences – "togolok" means round-faced, "moldo" means an educated person. He is buried near the village of about 3,000 persons named for him in Ak-Talaa district.
A 'Semetey', totalling around 2050 lines, was collected from him by Kayum Miftakov in 1922.[2] His later self-transcribed version of Manas was published in 2013.[3] A manuscript of a sanjira (genealogy) was edited and published in 2009.[4]
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