Abu'l-Khayr Khan

Abu'l-Khayr
Painting of Abu'l Khayr Khan, 1460s
Khan of Uzbeks
Reign1428‒1468
Coronation1428
SuccessorSheikh Haidar
Khan of Sibir
Reign1428‒1468
Coronation1428
PredecessorMuhammad Khan
SuccessorIbak Khan
Born1412
White Horde
Died1468 (aged 55–56)
Uzbek Khanate
SpouseRabiya Sultan-Begim
IssueMuhammad Shaybani (grandson)
Kuchkunji Khan (son)
Suyunchkhodja Khan (son)
HouseBorjigin
DynastyShaybanid
ReligionIslam

Abu'l-Khayr Khan (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: ابو الخیر خان; c. 1412–1468), also known as Bulgar Khan,[a] was Khan of the Uzbek Khanate from 1428 to 1468, which united the nomadic Central Asian tribes.[2]

He created one of the largest and most powerful Turkic states during the period of the 15th century. The Uzbek Khanate weakened in the decades following his death in 1468. He was succeeded by his son Sheikh Khaidar.

  1. ^ Kenzheakhmet, Nurlan (2019). "The Tūqmāq (Golden Horde), the Qazaq Khanate, the Shībānid Dynasty, Rūm (Ottoman Empire), and Moghūlistan in the XIV-XVI Centuries: from Original Sources" (PDF). Page 28. Eurasian Research Institute.
  2. ^ DeWeese, Devin A. (1994) Islamization and native religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tükles and conversion to Islam in historical and epic tradition Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa., p. 345, ISBN 0-271-01072-X


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