Abstract

After the fall of the Dzungar Khanate, the agreement between the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, who stood shoulder to shoulder against Oirat-Kalmyk raids during the XVII-XVIII centuries, was shaken. Disputes between Kyrgyz and Kazakh feudal lords over the rights to the Jetysu pastures and camps north of the Alatau, liberated from the Dzungars, contributed to this. In the late 1750s, these lands were occupied by the Kazakhs of the Senior Horde, but in the early 1760s, the territorial dispute escalated into open warfare. Thus, the aim of the study is to examine the relations between Ablai and the Alatau Kyrgyz based on Russian archival documents, drawing on archival materials to explore rare information about the khan's activities in the region under consideration. The source base for the study included documents from the State Archive of the Orenburg Oblast (GIАОO) and the State Archive of the Omsk Oblast (GAOrO). This enabled the identification of historical facts, including Ablai's activities in the context of his relations with the Alatau Kyrgyz in the 1760s-1780s, and the stance of the Russian Empire on this matter

Keywords

Ablai; batyrs; sultans; Khan; Kazakhs; Kyrgyz; international relations; KazakhKyrgyz relations; Russian Empire; Qing Empire

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