Ormon Khan Kyrgyz: Ормон хан | |
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Khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate | |
Reign | 1842 – 1854 |
Coronation | Summer 1842 in a kurultai near Kochkor |
Predecessor | State established |
Successor | State disestablished |
Born | Ormon Niyazbek uluu c. 1792 Issyk-Kul Valley |
Died | 1854 (aged 61–62) Semyonovka |
Burial | Either in a pasture next to Semyonovka or in the foothills above Grigor'yevka |
Issue | |
Dynasty | Sarybagysh |
Religion | Islam |
Ormon Khan (Kyrgyz: Ормон хан; c. 1792 – 1854) was the first and only khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate , ruling from 1842 until his death in 1854. A member of the powerful Sarybagysh tribe, Ormon's reign saw a centralization of the Kyrgyz tribes , with the establishment of legal and judicial systems. Ormon was a close ally of the Russian Empire in the region, winning a series of wars against the Khanate of Kokand and defeating a Kazakh army led by Kenesary Khan, who had been rebelling against the Russians. In 1854, during a conflict with a rival Kyrgyz tribe, Ormon was captured in battle and executed. Ormon's khanate collapsed following his death, with the region falling under Russian control by 1868.