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1522
Babur captures Qandahar.
1523
Qasim Khan unites the Kazaks under his own sovereignty. After
his death, the Kazaks divide into three hordes: the Great Horde
(east), the Middle Horde (center), and the Lesser Horde (west).
1526
Babur wins the Panipat war and takes control over India.
1552
Ivan IV (the Terrible, reigned 1533-84) subjugates the Kazan
Khanate.
1556
Ivan IV defeats the Astrakhan Khanate.
1557-1598
The reign of the last and greatest Shaybanid ruler in Bukhara,
Abdullah Khan II (1533-98).
1558-1559
The first Russian commercial contacts with Transoxiana under
Anthony Jenkinson.
1558-1582
Russia begins to take over Siberia.
1563-1598
The reign of the last Shaybanid ruler of the Siberian Khanate, Ku-
chum Khan.
1570
The height of Oyrat Mongol power in Jungaria and Mongolia.
1571
The Crimean Tatars sack Moscow.
1583-1599
The sultanate of the Kazak Tevekkel Khan.
1584
Yermak, the Russian Cossack leader, defeats Kuchum Khan at the
Battle of Tobol River.
1598-1599
The Astrakhanid dynasty, related to the Shaybanids by marriage,
inherits power in Transoxiana, with their power base in the Khan-
ate of Bukhara.
1597 +
The Uzbek Shahruh becomes the leader in Fergana and estab-
lishes a dynasty. The Fergana State is established in place of the
Hodja sovereignty. Shahruh's antecedent, Abu Rahim, founds the
city of Hokand.
1598
The Uzbek Khan Abdullah Khan II (1560-1598) dies. The Uz-
bek Khanate splits up. The khanates of Bukhara and Khwarezm
(Hive) are established.
1599
Baqi Muhammed, the grandson of the Khan of Astrakhan, an-
nounces himself as the Khan of Bukhara.
1599-1640
The sultanate of the Kazak Khan Ishim Khan.
1615
Hive becomes the capital of the Khwarezm Khanate.
1619-1621
The first diplomatic contacts between Moscow and Bukhara.
1620+
The Kalmuks, part of the Oyrat Confederation, migrate from Jun-
garia to the volga. The Kalmuk-Kazak wars continue until 1730.
1643
The Oyrats who stayed in Jungaria conquered Semirechye.
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