In a different account, according to the Kazakh journalist Erbol Kurnmanbaev, Zhambyl was an aqyn of his clan, but until 1936 was relatively unknown. In that year, a young talented poet Abilda Tazhibaev "discovered" Zhambyl. He was directed to do this by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Levon Mirzoyan, who wanted to find an aqyn similar to Suleyman Stalsky, the Dagestani poet.
According to Kazakh journalist Erbol Kurnmanbaev, in another account, Zhambyl was a bard within his clan but remained unknown until 1936. That year, young poet Abilda Tazhibaev "discovered" him. Mirzoyan, the First Secretary of Kazakhstan's Communist Party, sought to find a bard similar to Suleyman Stalsky, the Dagestani poet.