Abul Khair Khan

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Abu'l Khair Khan
Әбілқайыр хан
أبو الخير خان
Khan
Khanzada
Sultan
Mirza
Shah-i-Turan
Nur Ali Khan
Jar-Muhammad Khan
Erali Khan
Aishuaq Khan
Names
ميرزا أبو الخير خان بن حاجي عبد الله سلطان
Mırza Abū'l-Khair Mūhammed Khan bin Qājı Abdūllah Sultan
House of Borjigin
DynastyTore
House of Urus Khan
FatherQajı Abdullah Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam
Stamp of Kazakhstan devoted to Abul Khair Khan, 2001 (Michel 316)

Mirza Abū'l-Khair Mūhammed Khan bin Qājı Abdūllah Sultan (

Battle of Anrakai
in 1729.

Abu'l Khair Khan was born as the second oldest son of Hajji (Qajı) Abdullah Sultan, a Kazakh

mırza before rising to the throne. This made him one of the few documented khans of the Kazakh Khanate to have not been descended from either Janibek Khan or Kerei Khan
. Nonetheless, it was likely due to Abdullah's connections with the royal family that Abu'l Khair Khan himself became ruler.

Abu'l Khair Khan took the throne in 1718 as the new

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]

For his contributions in reuniting the Kazakh people and defeating the Dzungars, Abu'l-Khair was bestowed with the title "Shah-i-Turan" (Persian for "King of Turan").

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