Haqnazar Khan
| Haqnazar Khan حقنظر خان | |||||
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| Khan Khanzada Sultan Shah-i-Turan | |||||
"Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq", Possible portrait of Haqnazar Khan. | |||||
| Khan of the Kazakh Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1538–1580 | ||||
| Predecessor | Toghym Khan | ||||
| Successor | Shygai Khan | ||||
| Born | 1509 Kazakh Khanate | ||||
| Died | May 19, 1580 Turkistan, Kazakh Khanate | ||||
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| House | House of Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Tore House of Urus Khan | ||||
| Father | Kasym Khan | ||||
| Mother | Khanik Sultan Khanim | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Haqnazar Haider Sultan bin Qasim Khan (Kazakh: حقنظر حیدر سلطان بن قاسم خان), commonly known as Haqnazar Khan, was the khan of the Kazakh khanate from 1538-1580. He was the second-oldest son of Kasim Khan and the younger brother of Muhammed Khan.
The Kazakh Khanate saw a revival under the leadership of Haqnazar, whose rule lasted for more than 40 years. During Haqnazar's reign, the Kazakh Khanate began to regain its former power achieved during the time of Kasym Khan. Haqnazar Khan united the scattered inhabitants of the steppe from the former Kazakh Khanate after the 1520s.
Origin
Haqnazar also known as Haqq-Nazar or Khaknazar Khan[1] or Ak Nazar Khan,[2] was the son of Kasym Khan and Khanik Sultan Khanim. Haqnazar lived during the reign of Taiyr Khan and Buidash Khan under one of the Nogai princes.[3]
Haqnazar's name comes from the Arabic word "хақ", which means "truth, correctness" and the Turko-Persian word "Nazar," which means "vision". For much of his early life, Haqnazar was simply called by his middle name "Haider", which was given to him in honor of Kasım Khan's Shaybanid uncle, Sheikh Haidar. He only went by "Haqnazar" after succeeding Ahmed Khan and Toghym Khan as the ruler of the Kazakhs.
Reign and conquests
Haqnazar had assisted Taiyr Khan and Tugim Khan during the First Kazakh Civil War. However as Taiyr Khan died on Kyrgyzstan, and Tugim died in 1538, Haqnazar assumed the title Khan and captured Ahmed Khan's territories in the east to capturing Buydash Khan's territories in the east. This ended in victory of Haqnazar and his ruling nation of Kazakh Khanate faced competition from several directions: the Nogai Horde in the west, the Khanate of Sibir in the north, Moghulistan in the east and the Khanate of Bukhara in the south.
Haqnazar Khan began to liberate the occupied Kazakh lands. He returned the northern regions of Saryarka to the Kazakh Khanate. Having begun a campaign against the Nogai Horde, Haqnazar reconquered Saray-Juk from the Nogai Horde and the surrounding Kazakh territories as well. In the fight against the Khivan Khanate, the Kazakhs conquered the Mangyshlak Peninsula. Haqnazar began a campaign against Moghulistan to incorporate Jetisu into the Kazakh Khanate. The campaign ended with defeat with the Oirats joining the war in favor of Moghulistan and resulted in victory for Moghulistan.[4] However, in the north, there was a threat from the Khanate of Sibir, led by Kuchum Khan. Kuchum was soon defeated and Haqnazar reunited the Kazakh tribes and became the sole ruler of the Kazakh Khanate, the first to do so since Taiyr Khan. In doing so, Haqnazar was bestowed with the title "Shah-i-Turan" (Persian for "King of Turan").
In 1570, Haqnazar defeated the Nogai Horde at the Battle of Emba reached Astrakhan, but were repelled by Russian forces.[1][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Haqq Nazar | Kazakh ruler". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia: The Tarikh-i-Rashidi
- ^ Abusseitova, M. Kh. (1985). The Kazakh Khanate in the Second Half of the 16th Century (in Russian). Alma-Ata: Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography named after Ch. Ch. Valikhanov. p. 49.
- ^ РЕМИЛЕВА, Е. "ОЙРАТ-МОНГОЛЫ" ОБЗОР ИСТОРИИ ЕВРОПЕЙСКИХ КАЛМЫКОВ" ["OIRAT-MONGOLS" A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN KALMYKS"]. Е. РЕМИЛЕВА.
- ^ A History of the Moghuls of Central Asi: The Tarikh-i-Rashidi By Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlt, N. Elias, Sir E Denison Ross page 121
- ^ Dughlt, Mirza Muhammad Haidar (January 2008). A History of the Moghuls of Central Asi: The Tarikh-i-Rashidi – Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlt – Google Books. Cosimo. ISBN 9781605201504. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
Sources
- History of Kazakhstan to 1700 Encyclopædia Britannica Online.