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Abu'l-Khayr Khan

Type Figure Region Central Asia Time c. 1412–1468 Also known as Abu Khayr

Abu'l-Khayr Khan (d. c. 1468) unified the Uzbek tribes from 1428 and led the Uzbek Khanate, opening the way for their advance into Transoxiana.

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  1. 1428–1450Syr Darya steppe · Uzbek steppeRose to power in 1428 amid the decline of the Timurid Empire, integrating the Uzbek tribes and establishing authority around the Syr Darya and Jaqsay steppes, becoming one of the central political figures of the 15th-century Central Asian steppe.
  2. 1450–1465Samarkand · UzbekistanFought repeatedly with Timurid descendants and the city-states of Transoxiana, promoting young nobles such as his grandson Muhammad Shaybani and pressing Uzbek penetration into the agricultural city belt, reshaping the political map of Central Asia.
  3. 1465–1468Syr Darya steppe · Uzbek steppeIn his last years internal divisions among his followers deepened and he died around 1468; his sons and the Shaybani faction continued to contest hegemony in Transoxiana in the 1470s, carrying on the expansion he had begun.

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