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Formation and consolidation of the Kazakh Khanate
In the 1490s the Kazakh Khanate consolidated after breaking from Uzbek overlordship under Abu'l-Khayr Khan, with the three jüz structure stabilizing …
Timeline
- 1465–1470South of the Syr Darya · KazakhstanJanibek and Kerei led their followers away from Abu'l-Khayr Khan's rule, moving north to the region south of the Syr Darya, an event later regarded as the founding of the Kazakh Khanate.
- 1490–1499Zhetysu region · KazakhstanUnder rulers such as Burunduq Khan in the 1490s, the Kazakh tribal alliance was further integrated, standing alongside the Transoxiana Uzbeks and Mongol remnants as a stable political entity of the northern Central Asian steppe.
Sources
- Central Asia in World History — Peter B. Golden (2011)
- The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age — Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank, Peter B. Golden (eds.) (2009)