Ablai Khan

Khan of the Kazakh Khanate (1711-1781)

Wāli-ūllah Abū'l-Mansūr Khan (Kazakh: ولی الله ابو المنصور خان, Уәлиұллаh Әбілмансұр хан, romanized: Uäliūllah Äbılmansūr Han), better known as Abylai Khan or Ablai Khan (May 23, 1711 — May 23, 1781) was Khan of the Middle Jüz (central region) and was the last independent Kazakh Khan of the Kazakh Khanate before the Khanate was absorbed into the Russian Empire. Ablai Khan played an important role in the historiography of the Kazakhstan and the history of the Kazakh people. He led the Kazakh–Dzungar Wars, heading the Kazakh struggle against the Dzungars and later against the forces of the Qing dynasty.

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