Abul Khair Khan
| Abu'l Khair Khan | |||||
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| Khan | |||||
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| 1st Khan of the Junior jüz | |||||
| Reign | 1718-1748 | ||||
| Successor | Nurali Khan | ||||
| Born | 1693 Turkistan, Kazakh Khanate | ||||
| Died | 12 August 1748 | ||||
| Spouse | Bopai Khanum | ||||
| Issue | Nurali Khan | ||||
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| House | House of Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Tore House of Urus Khan | ||||
| Father | |||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Abu'l Khair Khan (Kazakh: Әбілқайыр хан, Äbılqaiyr Xan) (1693–1748) was leader of the Kazakh Little jüz in present-day western Kazakhstan. During this period, the Little jüz participated in the 1723-1730 war against the Zunghars, following their "" invasion of Kazakh territories. Under his leadership Kazakh ghazis defeated Dzungar forces at the Bulanty river in 1726 and in the Battle of Anrakai in 1729.
Abu'l Khair Khan was born as the second oldest son of Hajji (Qajı) Abdullah Sultan, a Kazakh noble who had quickly risen to the royal ranks after completing his hajj to Mecca. It was likely due to these connections that Abu'l Khair Khan himself became ruler.
Abu'l Khair Khan took the throne in 1718 as the new khan of the Kazakhs. In order to obtain Russian help against the Dzungars, Abul Khair Khan took an oath of allegiance to the Russian crown in 1731. In an attempt to unite his empire and prevent anyone from defecting and helping out the Dzungars, Abu'l Khair Khan also fostered a strong religious identity among the Sunni Muslim Kazakhs.[1] He subsequently tried to limit the amount of Russian influence exercised over the Kazakh Little jüz since he still wanted his empire to function as an independent Islamic state. According to a 2019 study, "neither Kazakhs nor Russian officials thought of their relationship as a form of annexation, but rather merely an alliance."[1]
Sources[]
- "History of the Republic of Kazakhstan", Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Belgium (English)
- Famous Kazakhs Website on the Kazakh Diaspora in Germany
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Afinogenov, Gregory (2019-09-03). "Languages of Hegemony on the Eighteenth-Century Kazakh Steppe". The International History Review. 41 (5): 1020–1038. doi:10.1080/07075332.2018.1475403. ISSN 0707-5332. S2CID 158173287.
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