Kazakh Khanate

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Kazakh Khanate قزاق خاندیغی Қазақ Хандығы Qazaq Handyğy
1465–1847
Territory of the Kazakh Khanate
Capital	Sozaq (c. 1465–1469) Syghanaq (1469–1511) Saraishyq (1511–1521) Syghanaq (1521–1599) Turkistan (1599–1781) Tashkent (1729–1781) Kara kengir (1826–1844) Sary kengir (1844–1847)
Common languages	Kipchak languages (Kazakh)
Religion	Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)	Kazakh
Government	Semi-elective monarchy
Khan
• 1465–1480	Kerei Khan (first) Janibek Khan
• 1841–1847	Kenesary Khan (last)
History
• Kerei and Janibek founded the Kazakh Khanate	1465
• Kazakh-Dzungar Wars	1643–1755
• Battle of Orbulaq	1643
• The invasion of Galdan Boshogtu Khan to Kazakhs	1680–1684
• War against Cossacks	1709–1724
• The Barefooted Flight	1723–1727
• Battle of Añyraqai	1729/1730
• Abulkhair Khan of the Junior Zhuz took Russian citizenship	1731
• Kazakh-Qing Wars	1756–1757
• Abylai became the khan of all three zhuzes	1771–1781
• Dissolution of the Khan's rule in the Middle Zhuz and Junior Zhuz	1822–1824
• Russian conquest	1847
Area
• Total	3,200,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Uzbek Khanate Moghulistan Russian Empire

The Kazakh Khanate (Kazakh: قزاق خاندیغی, Қазақ Хандығы, Qazaq Handyğy), in eastern sources known as Ulus of the Kazakhs, Ulus of Jochi, Yurt of Urus,^[1] was a Kazakh state in Central Asia, successor of the Golden Horde existing from the 15th to the 19th century, centered on the eastern parts of the Desht-i Qipchaq.

The khanate was established by Janibek Khan and Kerei Khan in 1465. Both khans came from the Turco-Mongol clan of Tore which traces its lineage to Genghis Khan through dynasty of Jochids. The Tore clan continued to rule the khanate until its fall to the Russian Empire.

From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the Kazakh Khanate ruled and expanded its territories to eastern Cumania (modern-day West Kazakhstan), most of Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan and the Syr Darya river with military confrontation as far as Astrakhan and Khorasan, which are now in Russia and Iran, respectively. The Khanate was later weakened by a series of Oirat and Dzungar invasions in the 17th and 18th centuries. These resulted in a decline and further disintegration into three jüz, which gradually lost their sovereignty and were incorporated to the expanding Russian Empire in the 19th century.

The establishment of the Kazakh Khanate marked the beginning of Kazakh statehood^[2] whose 550th anniversary was celebrated in 2015.^[3]