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Abūʾl-Khayr Khan
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Abūʾl-Khayr Khan

Uzbek ruler
Also known as: Abūʾ al-Khayr Khan
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Abū al-Khayr Khan was the leader of the Uzbek confederation in Siberia in 1428. He ruled for 40 years, during which he intervened in the affairs of Central Asian Timurid princes and led the Uzbek tribes southeastward towards the Syr Darya river. A portion of the Uzbek tribes broke away in the mid-1450s, adopting the name Kazakh and weakening the Uzbeks. Abū al-Khayr continued to lead the main Uzbek group until his death in 1468, when the confederation was shattered by invading Dzungars. His grandson, Muḥammad Shaybānī Khan, later conquered key parts of Transoxania, establishing the Shaybānid dynasty that ruled from Bukhara for a century.1

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  1. Uzbekistan - The early Uzbeks
  2. Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce
  3. Mongol empire - Mongol empires in central Asia

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