Makhambet Otemisuly nasceu em 1804 em Inner Bokey Horde (now Zhaskus, Naryn sands, Zhanibek district, West Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan). Morreu o 20 de outubro de 1846 em Karaoi region.
One of the leaders of the Kazakh uprising in Western Kazakhstan in 1836-1838. Poet (akyn), before the uprising he was a court poet at the headquarters of Zhangir-Kerey-khan.
