Kenesary Qasymuly
| Kenesary Qasymuly Кенесары Қасымұлы | |||||
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| Khan of the Three Kazakh Jüzes Sultan | |||||
Kenesary on the Stamp of Kazakhstan, portrait by Abilkhan Kasteev | |||||
| Khan of the Kazakh Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1841—1847 | ||||
| Coronation | 1841 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ablai Khan | ||||
| Successor | Khanate abolished | ||||
| Born | 1802 Modern Kokshetau, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Died | 1847 (aged 45) locality Maitobe, modern Kyrgyzstan | ||||
| Spouse | Kunymzhan Khanym Janyl Khanym | ||||
| Issue | Syzdyk Sultan | ||||
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| House | House of Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Töre | ||||
| Father | Kasym Sultan | ||||
| Mother | Aikumis | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Kenesary Qasymuly, or Kenesary Khan (Kazakh: کناشیرین خان, Кенесары хан, romanized: Kenesary xan; 1802–1847) was the last khan of the Kazakh Khanate, grandson of Ablai Khan, from the clan of Genghisid-Töre. He fought to protect the independence of Kazakh lands and attempted to restore the traditional khanate rule.
In modern Kazakhstan, he is revered at the state level as the leader of a rebellion against the Russian Empire. In Soviet historiography, Kenesary was characterized as the leader of the reactionary feudal-monarchist movement aimed at separating Kazakhstan from Russia.