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Abū al-Ghāzī Bahādur

Khivan khan
Also known as: Abulghazi Bahadur
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Abū al-Ghāzī Bahādur (born August 24, 1603, Urgench, khanate of Khiva [now Urganch, Uzbekistan]—died 1663, Khiva) was a khan (ruler) of Khiva and one of the most prominent historians in Chagatai Turkish literature. The son of ʿArab Muḥammad Khan, Abū al-Ghāzī spent most of his early life in Urgench. When his father died and a dynastic struggle arose among Abū al-Ghāzī and his brothers for the succession to the throne, he was compelled to flee...

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