Barak Sultan (, ''Baraq Sūltan''; ?–1750) was a descendant of Genghis Khan and a member of the last House of Genghis Khan in the Kazakh Khanate (1221–1847). He was Sultan of the Middle Juz. He is a son of Tursun Khan and great-grandfather of

Alikhan Bukeikhanov Alikhan Nurmukhameduly Bukeikhanov (5 March 1866 – 27 September 1937) was a Kazakh politician, statesman, journalist and publisher who led the Alash party and the Provisional government of Alash Orda from 1917 to 1920. Early life Alikhan ...

Biography

Barak Sultan was notable for having murdered his rival beheading the first Kazakh Khan in Kazakh history who took citizenship of

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— Khan of Junior Juz

Abulkhair Khan Mirza Abū'l-Khair Mūhammed Khan bin Qājı Abdūllah Sultan (, , ), more commonly known by his short name Abū'l-Khair Khan (1693–1748) was leader of the Kazakhs, Kazakh Little jüz in present-day western and central Kazakhstan. During thi ...

. It was revenge for Abulkhair Khan's pro-Russian policy and the last point was the alleged robbery of a caravan laden with gifts from Barak Sultan to the ruler of the

Khanate of Khiva The Khanate of Khiva (, , uz-Latn-Cyrl, Xiva xonligi, Хива хонлиги, , ) was a Central Asian polity that existed in the historical region of Khwarazm, Khorezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Afsharid Iran, Afsharid occupat ...

during attacks by Abulkhair Khan against the

Karakalpaks The Karakalpaks or Qaraqalpaqs (; ), are a Kipchak languages, Kipchak-Nogai Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Karakalpakstan in Northwestern Uzbekistan. During the 18th century, they settled in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya a ...

, who were also under Barak Sultan's rule. One of his wives was a daughter of

Galdan Tseren Galdan Tseren (; ; 1693–1745) was a Choros prince and the '' Khong Tayiji'' of the Dzungar Khanate from 1727 until his death in 1745. Galdan Tseren was the eldest son of Tsewang Rabtan. After the assassination of his father by rival faction ...

. During that marriage and until the death of Galdan Tseren in 1745 the war and conflicts between Kazakh Khanate and

Dzungar Khanate The Dzungar Khanate ( Mongolian: ), also known as the Zunghar Khanate or Junggar Khanate, was an Inner Asian khanate of Oirat Mongol origin. At its greatest extent, it covered an area from southern Siberia in the north to present-day Kyrgyz ...

had been stopped. As a descendant of Genghis Khan Barak wanted to become the ruler of two Turkic-Mongol states — Dzungar Khanate and Kazakh Khanate. Barak Sultan and his eldest son had been poisoned by a pro-Russian agent from Middle Juz in 1750. The death of Barak Sultan opened opportunities to expand Russian Empire over the

Kazakh Steppe The Kazakh Steppe ( ), also known as the Great Steppe or Great Betpak-Dala, Dala ( ), is a vast region of open grassland in Central Asia, covering areas in northern Kazakhstan and adjacent areas of Russia. It lies east of the Pontic–Caspian step ...

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https://books.google.com/books?id=BbRsMq03dh0C&dq=barak+sultan&pg=PA45 Year of birth missing 1750 deaths Kazakh sultans {{crime-bio-stub