Ormon Khan

Ormon Khan
Kyrgyz: Ормон хан
Ormon Khan portrayed in a 2012 stamp.
Khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate [ky]
Reign1842 – 1854
CoronationSummer 1842 in a kurultai near Kochkor
PredecessorState established
SuccessorState disestablished
BornOrmon Niyazbek uluu
c. 1792
Issyk-Kul Valley
Died1854 (aged 61–62)
Semyonovka
Burial
Either in a pasture next to Semyonovka or in the foothills above Grigor'yevka
Issue
DynastySarybagysh [ru]
ReligionIslam

Ormon Khan (Kyrgyz: Ормон хан; c. 1792 – 1854) was the first and only khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate [ky], ruling from 1842 until his death in 1854. A member of the powerful Sarybagysh [ru] tribe, Ormon's reign saw a centralization of the Kyrgyz tribes [ru], 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.