Altynsarin was born in the Araqaraghai region of Torghai oblast (now Kostanay Province), and in his early career was an inspector of Torghai schools.
In the nineteenth century, Ibrahim Altynsarin, a prominent Kazakh educator, first introduced a Cyrillic alphabet for transcribing Kazakh.
Ibrahim Babangida | Abdullah Ibrahim | Anwar Ibrahim | Sultan Ibrahim | Ibrahim of Johor | Mo Ibrahim | Ibrahim | Ibrahim Pasha | Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade | Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt | Yaacob Ibrahim | Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Ibrahim Sultan Ali | Ibrahim Ben Ali | Ibrahim Amin | Aziz Ibrahim | Sonallah Ibrahim | Salah Ahmed Ibrahim | Nasreena Ibrahim | Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership | Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' | M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran | Ibrahim Tankary | Ibrahim Sabry | Ibrahim Nasir International Airport | Ibrahim Mirza | Ibrahim Maalouf | Ibrahim Hooper | Ibrahim Elsamni | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara |