Jäñgir-Kerei Khan
| Jäñgır-Kerei Han جهانگیر کرای خان | |||||
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Possible photograph of Jäñgır-Kerei Khan or his son, Gubaydulla Chingiskhan | |||||
| Khan of the Bukey Horde | |||||
| Reign | 22 June 1823 – 11 August 1845 | ||||
| Coronation | 26 June 1824 | ||||
| Predecessor | Bökei (1815) | ||||
| Successor | Saiyp-Kerei Khan (designate, never fulfilled) | ||||
| Regent | Şiğai Khan (1815–1823) | ||||
| Born | 1801 | ||||
| Died | 11 August 1845 (aged 43–44) | ||||
| Spouse | Fatima Khusainova
(m. 1824–1845)
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| Issue | 11, including Saiyp-Kerei and Ghubaidolla Jangirov | ||||
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| Clan | Töre | ||||
| Father | Bökei | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | Russian Empire | ||||
| Service | Imperial Russian Army | ||||
| Rank | Major general | ||||
| Battles / wars | Isatay Taimanov's uprising | ||||
Jäñgır-Kerei Han (Kazakh: جهانگیر کرای خان, Cyrillic: Жәңгір-Керей хан, romanized: Jäñgir-Kerey xan; 1801 – 28 July [O.S. 11 August] 1845) was the penultimate Khan of the Bukey Horde, ruling from 1823 to 1845, and the final khan to be formally appointed. During his rule, he sought to establish the Horde as a modern state based on the model of the Russian Empire, and enacted a number of reforms. He remains popularly known for his efforts to bring formal education to the Horde, but is controversial for his promotion of feudalism over nomadism, leading to Isatay Taiman uly's uprising in 1836. In addition to his reign, he also worked as a pathologist, studying anthrax extensively, and an anthropologist, recording Kazakh national epics and weaponry.