Bokey Khan

Bökey Khan (* unknown; † May 12, 1815 ) was a Kazakh prince of the 18th and 19th centuries. He ruled between 1812 and 1815 in the Bökey horde named after him .

origin

Bökey was a son of Nuralis, the khan of the Little Horde . He was also a grandson of Abu'l-Hayr, a ruler of the Kazak khanate .

Life

Not much is known about the early days of this Kazak prince. However, historical sources say that Bökey Khan was a contender for the Khan title of the Little Horde in 1797. However, he was unable to assert himself against his opponent Aishuak at the decisive meeting of princes ( Kurultai ) and so in 1799 asked the Russian Tsar Paul I to relocate his clan and about 5000 other families to the area between the Volga and the Ural rivers .

In 1801 he was allowed to move to what was now Russian territory and Bökey Khan officially became a vassal of the tsar with the gold medal with the image of the tsar. The devout Muslim Bökey founded his own horde there in 1812. When the complaints about the leader of the Middle and the Great Horde , Vali Khan, piled up with the then Tsar Alexander I , this Bökey Khan appointed the second Khan in the same year.

Bökey Khan died on May 12, 1815, and he was succeeded by his then 14-year-old son Jangher. A great-uncle, Shighai, was appointed as his guardian. He acted as regent in the Bökey horde between 1812 and 1825.

In 1825 the leadership of the Horde passed into the sole leadership of Jangher and he ruled until 1845. After his death (1845), this was dissolved and placed under the direct administration of Russia. This direct administration by the Tsar was replaced in 1858 when the former area was then subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior.