Kazakh War of Independence
| Kazakh War of Independence | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kazakh–Uzbek Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kazakh Khanate Western Mogholistan (until 1485) Timurid Empire (from 1485) Co-belligerents: Nogai Horde (1468–73) Khanate of Sibir (1468–71) Great Horde (1472) |
Uzbek Khanate Timurid Empire (1470–85) Nogai Horde (1473) Western Moghulistan (from 1485) | ||||||||
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Kerei Khan Janibek Khan Burunduk Khan Kasym Khan Ádik Sultan Yunus Khan Mahmud Khan Sultan Ahmed Mirza Muza Mirza Ibak Khan Ahmed Khan |
Abu'l-Khayr Khan † Haider Sultan † Yagdar Sultan † Muhammad Shaybani Sultan Ahmed Mirza † Musa Mirza † Mahmud Khan † | ||||||||
The Kazakh War of Independence (1468–1500) was a conflict fought in Central Asia between the Kazakh Khanate and the Uzbek Khanate. The war started after Abu'l-Khayr, Khan of the Uzbek Khanate, attacked Zhetysu in 1468 which was controlled by a small band of rebel Kazakhs who had split from the original Uzbek Khanate. Abu’l Khayr did so in an attempt to prevent the growing Kazakh influence among the steppe. However, he died unknowingly, making it easier for the Kazakhs to expand their influence. After Abu'l-Khayr Khan's death, the Uzbeks continued to be ruled by the Shaybanids who fought against the Kazakhs in the cities that were on the Syr Darya until both sides agreed to peace in 1500 with Kazakh sovereignty recognized by the Uzbek. At the end of the war, the Uzbek Khanate transferred most of the central steppe to the Kazakh Khanate.