Kasym Khan
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Kasym Khan was the leader of the Kazakh Khanate
from about 1511 to 1523.
He was the son of Janybek
who created the Kazakh Khanate by gaining their independence from Abu'l-Khayr Khan
. Kasym khan is viewed as the first leader who united the Kazakh tribes, carrying on the line of the Golden Horde
.
Kazakh Khanate
Kazakh Khanate was a Kazakh state that existed in 1456-1847, located roughly on the territory of present-day Republic of Kazakhstan.-History:...
from about 1511 to 1523.
He was the son of Janybek
Janybek Khan
----Janybek Khan was a co-leader of a new Kazakh Khanate, following a successful rebellion against the Uzbek Khan Abu'l-Khayr Khan in 1465 and 1466. Janybek's father was Baraq who was poisoned by emirs of the former White Horde...
who created the Kazakh Khanate by gaining their independence from Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan was the leader who united the nomadic Uzbek tribes from which the Kazakh khanate later separated in rebellion under Janybek Khan and Kerei Khan beginning in 1466....
. Kasym khan is viewed as the first leader who united the Kazakh tribes, carrying on the line of the Golden Horde
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...
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