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[[Image:Abulkhair khan.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Postage stamp|Stamp]] of [[Kazakhstan]] devoted to Abul Khair Khan, 2001 (Michel 316)]]
'''Abulhair Khan''', '''Abul Khair Khan''' ({{lang-kz|'''Әбілқайыр хан''', ''Äbilqayır xan''}}) (1693–1748) was leader of the [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] [[Little jüz]] in present-day western [[Kazakhstan]]. During this period, the Little jüz participated in the 1723-1730 war against the [[Zunghars]], following their "[[Zunghar invasion of Kazakhstan|Great Disaster]]" invasion of Kazakh territories. Under his leadership [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] [[Ghazi (warrior)|ghazi]]s defeated Dzungar forces at the Bulanty river in 1726 and in the [[battle of Anrakay]] in 1729.

In order to obtain Russian help against the Dzungars, Abul Khair Khan took an oath of allegiance to the Russian crown in 1731. He subsequently attempted to limit and control the amount of Russian influence exercised over the Kazakh Little jüz.

==Sources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060222230414/http://www.kazakhstanembassy.be:80/DisplayPage.asp?PageId=98  "History of the Republic of Kazakhstan"], Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Belgium (English)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060513183235/http://www.kazak.de:80/13931.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*  Famous Kazakhs] Website on the Kazakh Diaspora in Germany

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[[Category:Kazakh khans]]
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