Kenesary Qasymov

Kenesary Qasymuly
Кенесары Қасымұлы
Khan of the Three Kazakh Jüzes
Sultan
Kenesary on the Stamp of Kazakhstan, portrait by Abilkhan Kasteev
Khan of the Kazakh Khanate
Reign1841—1847
Coronation1841
PredecessorAblai Khan
SuccessorKhanate abolished
Born1802
Modern Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Died1847 (aged 45)
locality Maitobe, modern Kyrgyzstan
SpouseKunymzhan Khanym
Janyl Khanym
IssueSyzdyk Sultan
Names
Kenesary Qasymov
HouseHouse of Borjigin
DynastyTöre
FatherKasym Sultan
MotherAikumis
ReligionSunni Islam

Kenesary Qasymov, or Kenesary Qasymuly, Kenesary Khan (Kazakh: Кенесары Қасымұлы, romanizedKenesary Qasymūly) was the last khan of the Kazakh Khanate, grandson of Ablai Khan, from the clan of Genghisid-Tore.[1]

In modern Kazakhstan, he is revered at the state level as the leader of the National Liberation Movement of the Kazakhs in 1837–1847 for Independence from the Russian Empire. In Soviet historiography, Kenesary was characterized as the leader of the reactionary feudal-monarchist movement aimed at separating Kazakhstan from Russia.[2]

  1. ^ Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia
  2. ^ Кенесары Касымов // Большая советская энциклопедия : [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.