Ablai becomes khan of the three zhuzes

Name: Ablai becomes khan of the three zhuzes
Start: 1771
Location: Turkistan

1771 · Turkistan · Asia · Politics

Kazakhs proclaim Ablai khan at the Yasawi mausoleum

Ablai becomes khan of the three zhuzes — Wikimedia Commons

Sultan Ablai, famed for his wars against the Dzungars, was proclaimed in Turkistan in 1771 as khan of all three Kazakh zhuzes. He balanced between the Russian Empire and Qing China, recognising each only nominally. St Petersburg refused to accept him as khan of all Kazakhs and in 1778 confirmed him only as khan of the Middle Zhuz.

State: Kazakh Khanate

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