Kazakh Khanate قزاق خاندیغی Қазақ Хандығы Qazaq Handyğy | |||||||||||||
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| 1465–1847 | |||||||||||||
![Tamga of the Töre (dynasty)[1]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aTamga_of_the_T%25C3%25B6re_dynasty.png) Tamga of theTöre dynasty  Seal ofKenesary Qasymuly | |||||||||||||
 Territory of the Kazakh Khanate | |||||||||||||
| Status | Nomadic empire[2][3] | ||||||||||||
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| Common languages | Kazakh | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Demonym | Kazakh | ||||||||||||
| Government | Semi-elective monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Khan | |||||||||||||
• 1465–1480 | Kerei Khan (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1841–1847 | Kenesary Khan (last) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Formation of the Kazakh Khanate | 1465 | ||||||||||||
| 1509–1510 | |||||||||||||
| 1598–1599 | |||||||||||||
| 1503–1577 | |||||||||||||
• Civil War | 1520–1560 | ||||||||||||
• Division into three Hordes | 17th–18th century | ||||||||||||
| 1643–1743 | |||||||||||||
• Acceptance of the Younger Horde into Russian allegiance | 1731 | ||||||||||||
• Kazakh-Qing Wars | 1756–1757 | ||||||||||||
| 1837–1847 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1847 | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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TheKazakh Khanate (Kazakh:قزاق خاندیغی,Қазақ Хандығы,Qazaq Handyğy), in eastern sources known asUlus of the Kazakhs,Ulus of Jochi,Yurt of Urus,[4] was aKazakh state inCentral Asia, successor of theGolden Horde existing from the 15th to the 19th century, centered on the eastern parts of theDesht-i Qipchaq.
The khanate was established byJanibek Khan andKerei Khan in 1465. Both khans came from theTurco-Mongol clan ofTore which traces its lineage toGenghis Khan through dynasty ofJochids. The Tore clan continued to rule the khanate until its fall to theRussian Empire.
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the Kazakh Khanate ruled and expanded its territories to easternCumania (modern-day West Kazakhstan), most ofUzbekistan,Karakalpakstan and theSyr Darya river with military confrontation as far asAstrakhan andKhorasan, which are currently in Russia and Iran, respectively. The Khanate was later weakened by a series ofOirat andDzungar invasions in the 17th and 18th centuries. These resulted in a decline and further disintegration into threejüz, which gradually lost their sovereignty and were incorporated to the expandingRussian Empire in the 19th century.
The establishment of the Kazakh Khanate marked the beginning of Kazakh statehood[5] whose 550th anniversary was celebrated in 2015.[6]
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In 1227, theWhite Horde, a proto-Kazakh state, was formed within theGolden Horde in the steppe. After its separation from the Golden Horde in 1361, the White Horde became an independent state for a certain period of time, sometimes uniting with theBlue Horde to reestablish the Golden Horde. However, after the death of Khan of the Golden Horde,Barak Khan, in 1428, the Golden Horde became fragmented, and the White Horde itself was divided into theUzbek Khanate and theNogai Horde (descendants of ruling Mongol tribes); the remaining land was divided between Mustafa Khan in the south and Mohammed Khan in the north. The Uzbek Khanate, which dominated most of present-day Kazakhstan, was ruled byAbu'l-Khayr Khan, who conspired in killing Barak Khan. Under Abu’l-Khayr Khan's leadership, the Uzbek Khanate became a corrupt, unstable, and weak state that often dealt with internal problems. To make matters worse, the khanate itself was raided byOirats who pillaged nomadic settlements and major cities where they were looted, damaged, and had civilians massacred. Peace was made in 1457 between the Uzbeks and the Oirats where Abu’l-Khayr Khan suffered a severe defeat which made him lose reputation among the Uzbeks.
The formation of the Kazakh Khanate began in 1459, when several Kazakh tribes dissatisfied with Abu’l-Khayr's rule, led by the great-grandsons ofUrus Khan,Janibek andKerei, fled the Uzbek Khanate in an event known as theGreat Migration. The two cousins led the nomads towardsMoghulistan, eventually settling and establishing an independent state. The Khan of Moghulistan united with them, offering them support against their opponents. Around 200,000 nomads joined Janibek Khan and Kerei Khan's movement, which had had a huge power and influence that it sparked fear in Abu'l-Khayr. The new khanate soon became a buffer state between the Moghulistan and the Uzbek Khanate. Although both Janibek Khan and Kerei Khan were considered the founding rulers of the Kazakh Khanate, it was Janibek Khan who initially wielded the most power. Eager to liberate his land from Abu’l Khayr Khan, Janibek invaded the Uzbek Khanate in 1468, sparking theKazakh War of Independence. Abu’l Khayr, in response, launched a campaign against the Kazakhs, but died on his way toZhetysu. Upon the death of Kerei Khan in 1473/74, Janibek Khan became the sole ruler.
The early years of the Kazakh Khanate were marked by struggles for control of the steppe against Abu'l-Khayr's grandson,Muhammad Shaybani. In 1470, the Kazakhs defeated Shaybani at the city of Iasy (present-dayTurkistan), forcing the Uzbeks to retreat south to Samarkand and Bukhara.
In 1480, Kerei Khan's son Burunduk became khan. During his reign, the Kazakhs were able to muster an army of 50,000ghazis and to repeatedly defeat the forces of Muhammad Shaybani along the Syr Darya river. It was during his reign, that the Uzbeks concluded peace with the Kazakhs in 1500, and the Kazakh Khanate gains its sovereignty from Uzbek control. All the former Uzbek Khanate lands in the north of Syr Darya were transferred to the Kazakh Khanate.
Regarding these events, 16th centuryKhaidar Duglati in hisTarikh-i Rashidi reports:[7]
At that time, Abulkhair Khan exercised full power in Dasht-i-Kipchak. He had been at war with the Sultánis of Juji; while Jáni Beg Khán and Karáy Khán fled before him into Moghulistán. Isán Bughá Khán received them with great honor, and delivered over to them Kuzi Báshi, which is near Chu, on the western limit of Moghulistán, where they dwelt in peace and content. On the death of Abulkhair Khán the Ulus of the Uzbegs fell into confusion, and constant strife arose among them. Most of them joined the party of Karáy Khán and Jáni Beg Khán. They numbered about 200,000 persons, and received the name of Uzbeg-Kazák. The Kazák Sultáns began to reign in the year 870 [A.H.; 1465–1466 A.D.] (but God knows best), and they continued to enjoy absolute power in the greater part of Uzbegistán, till the year 940[1533–1534 A.D.].
Kasym, son ofJanibek, became the khan in 1511 and from that point only the descendants of Janibek Khan ruled Kazakh khanate until its fall. Under his rule, the Kazakh Khanate reached its greatest strength so much that theNogai Horde, which occupied the territory of modern Western Kazakhstan, became its number one enemy. Kasym successfully captured the Nogai capital Saray-Juk in 1520, pushing the Nogai Horde to theAstrakhan Khanate. Under Kasym Khan, the borders of the Kazakh Khanate expanded and the population reached 1 million people. It was during the reign of Kasym Khan that the Kazakh Khanate gained fame and political weight in the modern Euro-Asian arena. Kasym Khan also became a major patron of the arts, literature, and religion, allowing Islam to hold great political and sociocultural importance among Kazakh society. Under his reign, theTsardom of Russia also became the first major state to establish diplomatic relations with the Kazakh Khanate. Upon doing so, Kasym Khan established his reputation as a successful leader, as his empire became known in Western Europe as an up-and-coming political entity.
The manuscript of "Tarikh-Safavi", written in Persian by Persian historians, wrote about Kasym Khan, bringing most of theDasht-i-Kipchak under his absolute control. The manuscript also describes how a Kazakh army of eight thousand soldiers helped Sheibani Khan of Bukhara annex the Iranian city of Khorasan.
Kasym Khan also instituted the first Kazakh code of laws in 1520, called"Қасым ханның қасқа жолы" (transliterated,"Qasym hannyñ qasqa joly" – "Bright Road of Kasym Khan"). Kasym Khan also ratified his alliance with theTimurid leaderBabur, particularly after the fall of theShaybanids, and was thus praised by theMughals and the populace ofSamarqand.
Mirza Muhammad Haidar wrote in hisTarikh-i-Rashidi that:[8][9]
Kásim Khán became the absolute ruler over all of Dasht-i-Kipchák. His army numbered more than a million men, gaining such fame and power as no one had sinceJuji Khán.
After the death ofKasym Khan, the Nogaiys restored their status quo by capturing the territory before in the west of the Turgai River. The Kazakh Khanate itself focused on the territory of Zhetysu and South Kazakhstan, where strife was starting to happen. The central territory of Kazakhstan, Sary-Arka, at that time was nominally part of the Kazakh Khanate. The Khanate of Sibir seized the northern regions of Sary-Arka.
When Tahir Khan took the Kazakh throne, the Oirats invaded and captured eastern parts of Sary Arka in the 1520s.
In the early 1530s, a civil war began in the Kazakh Khanate between the grandsons of Janibek Khan.Haqnazar Khan emerged as victorious and reunited the khanate under his control.
UnderHaqnazar Khan, also known as Haq-Nazar or Khaknazar Khan[10] or Ak Nazar Khan,[11] the Kazakh Khanate faced competition from several directions: theNogai Horde in the west, theKhanate of Sibir in the north,Moghulistan in the east, and theKhanate of Bukhara in the south.
Haqnazar Khan began to liberate the occupied Kazakh lands. He returned the northern regions of Sary-Arka to the Kazakh Khanate. Having begun a campaign against the Nogai Horde, Haqnazar reconquered Saraishyk from the Nogai Horde and the surrounding Kazakh territories as well. In the fight against the Khivans, the Kazakhs conquered the Mangyshlak peninsula and successfully repelled the Oirats. Haqnazar began a campaign against Moghulistan with the aim of finally incorporating Zhetysu into the Kazakh Khanate. The campaign ended successfully and resulted in defeat for Moghulistan. However, in the north, there was a threat from the Khanate of Sibir, led by Khan Kuchum.
In 1568, the Kazakhs successfully defeated theNogai Horde at theEmba River and reachedAstrakhan, but were repelled byRussian forces.[10][12][13]
After the death of Haqnazar khan, Shygai, the grandson of Zhanibek khan, the son of Zhadik sultan, became khan in 1580–1582. Although he was eighty years old at the time, he was an influential khan among the Kazakhs. Little is known about his life. Chygai khan continued the direction of foreign policy of the Kazakh Khanate, followed by Haknazar khan. He rationally used the conflicts between Shaibani's heirs to strengthen the Kazakh state.
In 1582, Bukhara khan Abdullah, Kazakh khan Shygai and his son Tauekel sultan joined forces and organized the Ulytau campaign against the ruler of Tashkent Baba sultan. Baba Sultan was defeated and fled to the Dullah Khan presented Risk to the province of Afrikent in the Samarkand region.
Tauekel Khan expanded control of the Kazakh Khanate overTashkent,Fergana,Andijan, andSamarkand. In 1598, Kazakh forces approachedBukhara and besieged it for 12 days, but afterwards the Bukharan leader Pir-Muhammad and reinforcements under the command of his brother Baki-Muhammad pushed back the Kazakhs. In that battle, Tauekel Khan was wounded and died during the retreat back toTashkent.
After the death of Tauekel Khan came Esim Sultan, son of Sheehan Khan. Esim khan was called "Ensegei boily er Esim" which could be translated as "very tall man – Esim". His reign was the time of the next (third) strengthening of the Kazakh Khanate after Kasim Khan and Khak-Nazar Khan. Esim Khan moved the capital of the khanate to Sygnak in Turkestan and suppressed the revolts of the Karakalpaks.
There followed a 15-year period of calm between the Kazakh Khanate and the Khanate of Bukhara.
In 1613, the Kazakh Khan Yesim defeated the Uzbeks for the previous attack and returned Samarkand to the Kazakh Khanate
Esim Khan united the Kazakh army and began a campaign against the Tashkent Khan Tursun Muhammad and Khan of Bukhara. In 1627, he defeated the enemy. Esim Khan abolished the Tashkent Khanate and the war finally ended.
Esim Khan also made his own laws calledЕсім ханның ескі жолы (transliterated,"Esım hannyñ eskı joly" – "The old path of Esim Khan").
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During the reign ofSalqam-Jangir Khan, a new and powerful rival of the Kazakhs appeared in the east, known as theDzungar Khanate.
Major battle began in the winter of 1643 with the attack ofErdeni Batur on the Kazakh lands. The Dzungars conquered a large part of theJetisu Region and captured about ten thousand people.Salqam-Jangir Khan marched along the Orbulak River with 600 soldiers to repel the Zunghars. The famousBattle of Orbulaq took place here. Jalangtos Bahadur, the ruler ofSamarkand, came to help Jangir Khan with 20,000 soldiers. Thanks to the help of Jalangtos Bahadur, Jangir Khan won this battle.Erdeni Batur was forced to retreat. The defeated Zunghars lost about ten thousand people in this battle. According to the preserved historical data, in this battle, Salqam-Jangir Khan showed great commanding talent and military skill.
In 1652, in the third major battle between the Kazakhs and the Dzungars, the Kazakh troops were defeated, andSalqam-Jangir Khan was killed.
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After the death of Jangir Khan,Tauke Khan became ruler of the Kazakh Khanate from 1672. Tauke led the batteredKazakh warriors across the steppes to resist the advance of the Dzungar. The already weakened Kazakhs were once again faced with defeat atSayram and soon lost many major cities to the Zunghars.
Tauke Khan soon sought alliances with theKyrghyz in the southeast who were also facing a Zunghar invasion in theirIssyk-Kul Lake region and even theUyghurs of theTarim Basin. In 1687, Zunghars besiegedHazrat-e Turkestan and were forced to retreat after the arrival of Subhan Quli Khan.
In 1697,Tsewang Rabtan became the leader of theDzungar Khanate, and he dispatched several of his commanders to subjugate Tauke Khan and many major wars between the Zunghars and the Kazakh Khanate continued into the following years: 1709, 1711–1712, 1714 and 1718. The Kazakh Khanate had indeed been weakened by the confrontation and nearly one-third of their population had been lost by the ensuing conflict. With Tauke Khan's death in 1718, the Kazakh Khanate splintered into threejüz – the Great jüz, the Middle jüz and the Junior jüz. Eachjüz had its ownKhan from this time onward.
Tauke Khan is also known for refining the Kazakh code of laws, and reissuing it under the title"Жеті Жарғы" (transliterated,"Jetı Jarğy" – "Seven Charters").
Ablai Khan was a khan of the Middle jüz or Horde who managed to extend his control over the other two jüzes to include all of theKazakhs. Before he became khan, Ablai participated in theKazakh-Dzungar Wars and proved himself a talented organizer and commander. He led numerous campaigns against theKokand Khanate and the Kyrgyz. In the latter campaign, his troops liberated many cities in Southern Kazakhstan and even capturedTashkent. During his actual reign, Ablai Khan did his best to keep Kazakhstan as independent as possible from the encroachingRussian Empire and the ChineseQing dynasty. He employed a multi-vector foreign policy to protect the tribes from Chinese andDzungar aggressors. He also sheltered the DzungarOirattaishasAmursana andDawachi from attacks by the Dzungar KhanLama Dorji, as theDzungar Khanate fractured following the death ofGaldan Tseren in 1745. However, once Amursana and Dawachi were no longer allies, Ablai Khan took the opportunity to capture herds and territory from the Dzungars.[14]
Kenesary Khan was the last KazakhKhan who defeated Shergazi Muhammad Khan (khan of the Junior jüz) and Gubaidullah Khan (khan of the Elder jüz) to unite theKazakhs one last time. Following his rule, he became the leader of the national liberation movement that resisted the capture of Kazakh lands andsegregation policies by the Russian Empire. He was the grandson ofAblai Khan and is largely regarded as the last ruler of the Kazakh Khanate.
By the mid 19th century, the Kazakhs fell under the full control of the Russian Empire and were banned from electing their own leader or even given representation in the empire's legislative structures. All fiscal/tax collections were also taken away from local Kazakh representatives and given to Russian administrators. Kenesary Khan fought against the Russian imperial forces until his death in 1847.
In 1841, at an all-KazakhKurultai, Kenesary was elected asKhan (supreme leader) by all Kazakh representatives. The ceremony ofcoronation followed all Kazakh traditions.
As a freedom fighter and popular as a leading voice against the increasingly aggressive and forceful policies of the Russian Empire, Kenesary was ruthless in his actions and unpredictable as a military strategist. By 1846, however, his resistance movement had lost momentum as some of his rich associates had defected to the Russian Empire, having been bribed and been promised great riches. Betrayed, Kenesary Khan grew increasingly suspicious of the remaining members of the Resistance, possibly further alienating them. In 1847, the Khan of the Kazakhs met his death in Kyrgyz lands during his assault on northern Kyrgyz tribes. He was executed byOrmon Khan, the Kyrgyz khan who was subsequently rewarded by the Russians with a larger estate and an official administrative role. Kenesary Khan's head was cut off and sent to the Russians.
Over the last decade, Kenesary Khan has been increasingly regarded as a hero in Kazakh literature and media. A monument to Kenesary Khan can be seen on the shore of the river Esil in the capital of Kazakhstan,Astana.
Gradual decline, disintegration and accession of Kazakh territories into the Russian Empire began in the mid-18th and ended in the second part of the 19th century. By the mid-18th century, as a result of long-lasting armed conflicts withDzungars andOirats, the Kazakh Khanate had started to decline and further disintegrate into threeJüzes, which formerly constituted the Kazakh Khanate in aconfederate form.
On October 10, 1731, the khan of the Junior Jüz, Abu'l Khayr, swore fealty toAnna of Russia to obtain Russian help against his rival Sultan Qayip and to secure economic stability.[15] Shortly thereafter the Middle Jüz's Khan Semeke agreed to suzerainty under the same terms.[16] Neither khan remained very loyal to the Russians, but from this point Russian sovereigns began to assert the right to appoint the khans of the Junior and Middle Jüzes and to exert greater influence on them. The Kazakhs in turn began to view the khanate with greater suspicion, as khans increasingly sought Russian help against their rivals within the Khanate.[17]
Following the rule of Abu'l-Mansur Khan's death in 1781, the Middle Jüz was nominally ruled by his son Vali, but Vali never achieved control of the entire jüz. In an attempt to establish some order in 1798, Russia created a tribunal atPetropavlovsk to resolve disputes among the Kazakhs, but it was ignored by the Kazakhs. Following Vali's death in 1817 and his rival Bukei's death in 1818, Russia abolished the Khanate of the Middle Jüz.[18] In 1822, Russia began to refer to the land until then occupied by the Middle Jüz as the territory of the Siberian Kirgiz and introduced a set of administrative reforms, some of them intended to encourage the Kazakhs to become farmers, but the Kazakhs remained nomadic.[19]
1827–28 saw the first serious Kazakh resistance to the Russians, as Qayip Ali led fighters of theBukey Horde against a Russian garrison blocking them from crossing the Ural River to find needed grazing land.[20] In the following years, Qayip Ali helpedIsatay Taymanuly build a resistance movement designed to free his people from both the khan of the Bukey Horde and the Russians. The movement was crushed in July 1838.[21]
By 1837 some tribes of theMiddle jüz led byKenesary Kasymov started war with the Russian occupiers. Support for the resistance was fueled by Russians' refusal to allow them much-needed additional grazing land, taxes, and the feeling that they were being exploited by Russian merchants. Kasymov managed to unite the entire Middle jüz for the last time in popular opposition to the Russians.[22] The resistance came to an end when Russia deployed sufficient forces to make Kenesary surrender in 1846. He died the next year fighting Kokand forces in Kirgizia.[23]
Russian colonial policies/strategies brought military fortresses, many settlements, and externally imposed rules into Kazakh lands. A series of laws were introduced by the Russian Empire, abolishing local indigenous government in the form of Khan rule, instituting segregationist settlement policies, etc., resulting in numerous uprisings against colonial rule. Significant resistance movements were led by leaders such asMakhambet Utemisuly (1836–1838) andEset Kotibaruli (1847–1858).
Meanwhile, the Senior Jüz sided with theEmirate of Bukhara and theKhanate of Kokand from the south, and started opposing the expansion of the Russian Empire.
Full Russian rule over all Kazakh lands was established in the second half of the 19th century, after the southern towns ofAq-Meshit,Shymkent,Aulie-Ata and others were taken by the Russian Imperial Army.
| Name | Ruling period | Name in Kazakh |
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| Kerei Khan | 1456–1473 | Керей-хан, كيري |
| Janibek Khan | 1473–1480 | Жәнібек-хан, جانيبك |
| Burunduk Khan | 1480–1511 | Бұрындық-хан (Мұрындық), بوروندي |
| Qasim Khan | 1511–1518 | Қасым-хан, قاسم |
| Muhammed Khan | 1518–1523 | Мұхаммед-хан, محمد |
| Tahir Khan | 1523–1533 | Тахир-хан, طاهر |
| Buidash Khan | 1533–1538 | Бұйдаш-хан, بويداش |
| Ahmed Khan | 1533–1535 | Ахмед-хан, أحمد |
| Toghym Khan | 1535–1537 | Тоғым-хан, توغيم |
| Haqnazar Khan | 1538–1580 | Хақназар-хан, حقنازار |
| Shygai Khan | 1580–1582 | Шығай-хан, شیغی |
| Tauekel Khan (Tawakkul Khan) | 1582–1598 | Тәуекел-хан, تاوکل |
| Esim Khan | 1598–1628 | Есім-хан, عاصم |
| Salqam Jangir Khan | 1628–1652 | Жәңгір-хан, جهانگیر |
| Bahadur Khan | 1652–1680 | Баһадүр, بهادور |
| Tauke Khan | 1680–1715 | Тәуке-хан, تاوكي |
| Ablai Khan | 1771–1781 | Әбілмансұр, Абылай-хан أبو المنصور |
| Kenesary Khan | 1841–1847 | Кенесары, كينيساري |
Located at the middle of the Silk Road its main source of income was trading horses, cattle, pottery, fur etc.By the mid 18th century, theRussian Empire had expanded intoSiberia, and Russian settlements started to appear along theVolga andYaik rivers. The Kazakh–Russian relationship at the border regions was tense, which often resulted in mutual raids by Russian Cossacks on Kazakh lands and Kazakhs on Russian settlements.
During the 18th century, raids by Kazakhs on Russia's territory ofOrenburg were common; the Kazakhs captured many Russians and sold them as slaves in the Central Asian market. TheVolga Germans were also victims of Kazakh raids; they were ethnic Germans living along theRiver Volga in the region of southeasternEuropean Russia aroundSaratov.
In 1717, 3,000 Russian slaves, men, women, and children, were sold inKhiva by Kazakh and Kyrgyz tribesmen.[24]
In 1722, they stole cattle, robbed from Russian villages and people trapped in captivity and sold in the slave markets of Central Asia (in 1722 in Bukhara there were over 5,000 Russian prisoners). In the middle of the 17th century, 500 Russians were annually sold to Khiva by Kazakhs.[citation needed]
In 1730, the Kazakhs' frequent raids into Russian lands were a constant irritant and resulted in the enslavement of many of the Tsar's subjects, who were sold on the Kazakh steppe.[25]
In 1736, urged on by Kirilov, the Kazakhs of the Lesser and Middle Hordes launched raids into Bashkir lands, killing or capturing many Bashkirs in the Siberian and Nogay districts.[26]
In 1743, an order was given by theSenate in response to the failure to defend against the Kazakh attack on a Russian settlement, which resulted in 14 Russians killed, 24 wounded. In addition, 96Cossacks were captured by Kazakhs.[27]
In 1755, Nepliuev tried to enlist Kazakh support by ending the reprisal raids and promising that the Kazakhs could keep the Bashkir women and children living among them (a long-standing point of contention between Nepliuev and Khan Nurali of the Junior Jüz).[28] Thousands of Bashkirs would be massacred or taken captive by Kazakhs over the course of the uprising, whether in an effort to demonstrate loyalty to the Tsarist state, or as a purely opportunistic maneuver.[29][30]
In the period between 1764 and 1803, according to data collected by the Orenburg Commission, twenty Russian caravans were attacked and plundered. Kazakh raiders attacked even big caravans which were accompanied by numerous guards.[31]
In spring 1774, the Russians demanded the Khan return 256 Russians captured by a recent Kazakh raid.[32]
In summer 1774, when Russian troops in the Kazan region were suppressing therebellion led by the Cossack leaderPugachev, the Kazakhs launched more than 240 raids and captured many Russians and herds along the border ofOrenburg.[32]
In 1799, the biggest Russian caravan which was plundered at that time lost goods worth 295,000 rubles.[33]
By 1830, the Russian government estimated that two hundred Russians were kidnapped and sold into slavery in Khiva every year.[34]
In 1737, Empress of RussiaAnna Ioannovna issued an order that legalized the slave trade inSiberia.[35][full citation needed]
There were accounts ofRussian Cossack raids that captured Kazakh families, which were then taken toPetropavlovsk andOmsk, where they were sold to wealthy Russian land owners intoserfdom.[35]
By the end of 18th century, the lands of Kazakh Junior Jüz (or Junior Horde) were incorporated into the Russian Empire, and raids by Kazakhs on Russian colonies had gradually declined and stopped.[33][self-published source]
On May 23, 1808, GovernorPeter Kaptzevich signed an order that freed all slave or serf Kazakhs of both genders who reached the age of 25.[35]
At major markets in Bukhara, Samarkand, Karakul, Karshi and Charju, slaves consisted mainly of Iranians and Russians, and some Kalmuks; they were brought there by Turkmen, Kazakh and Kyrgyz.[36] A notorious slave market for capturedRussian andPersian slaves was centered in theKhanate of Khiva from the 17th to the 19th century.[37] During the first half of the 19th century alone, some one million Persians, as well as an unknown number of Russians, were enslaved and transported to Central Asian khanates.[38][39] When Russian troops took Khiva in 1873 there were 29,300 Persian slaves, captured byTurkoman raiders.[citation needed] According to Josef Wolff (Report of 1843–1845) the population of the Khanate of Bukhara was 1,200,000, of whom 200,000 were Persian slaves.[citation needed]
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