Ahmet Khan
Ahmed Shāh bin Janysh Sultan, also known as Ahmed Khan (Kazakh: Ахмет хан, died 1536) was a Kazakh Khan who ruled the western part of Kazakhstan and at the upper reaches of the Syr Darya river from 1533 to 1535. He was a descendant of Qasim Khan, the third khan of the Kazakh Khanate. Ahmed resided in Sygnaq, one of the settlements with Turkistan) and Sawran, which were the main cities of the Kazakh Khanate at that time. Ahmed also spent much of his time in the steppes of northern Kazakhstan, as he fought a war of succession for the Kazakh throne.
| Ahmed Khan | |||||
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| Khan Khanzada Sultan Shah-i-Turan | |||||
| 7th Khan of the Kazakh Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1533–1535 | ||||
| Coronation | 1533 | ||||
| Predecessor | Tahir Khan | ||||
| Successor | Haqnazar Khan | ||||
| 9th Khan of the Kazakh Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1535–1536 | ||||
| Coronation | 1535 | ||||
| Predecessor | Haqnazar Khan | ||||
| Successor | Toghym Khan | ||||
| Born | Unknown Kazakh Khanate | ||||
| Died | 1536 Kazakh Khanate | ||||
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| House | House of Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Tore, House of Urus Khan | ||||
| Father | Janysh Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Biography
After the death of Kasim Khan, presumably around in 1521, his oldest-son, Muhammad Khan, (aka Mamash Khan) became the new khan. Muhammad's reign was short-lived. In 1522, a civil war broke out between the descendants of Janibek Khan for the throne. When Muhammad Khan was killed in 1523, he was succeeded by Tahir Khan, son of Ádik Sultan and one of Janibek Khan's grandsons. Under his rule, the civil war continued. After Tahir's death, Toǵym was proclaimed as the new Khan, but his succession was not recognized by Budiash, the ruler of Jetisu, or Ahmed, the ruler of Sygnak, who both declared themselves Khan. To resolve the conflict, the Kazakh Khanate was split into three kingdoms. Assuming himself to be the most powerful ruler in Central Asia, Ahmed Khan proclaimed himself the "Shah-i-Turan" (Persian for "King of Turan"), becoming the first Kazakh ruler to assume this unconventional title.
In 1535, Ahmed Khan was deposed and overthrown by Aziz Sultan, a Kazakh noble. Six months later in 1536, Ahmed again ruled in the upper reaches of the Syr Darya, and attacked the Nogai Horde which defeated him and captured him along with his fifteen sons. Ahmed Khan was killed by Orak Batyr, the son of a noble Nogai Beyy Alchagira who was also killed earlier by the Kazakhs. After Ahmed’s death, all the territories that were under his control was captured by Haqnazar, who managed to end the feud and restore the unity of the Kazakh Khanate.
References
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