Janibek Khan

{{Short description|Khan of the Kazakh Khanate from 1473 to 1480}} {{distinguish|Jani Beg}} {{refimprove|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Janibek | title = [[Khan (title)|Khan]] | image = KZ-2015-500tenge-Khanate-b.png | caption = Monument to Janibek Khan (on the right) on a commemorative coin of Kazakhstan | succession = [[List of Kazakh khans|Khan]] of the [[Kazakh Khanate]] | reign ={{circa|1473/4}} – {{circa|1480}} | coronation = | birth_date = {{circa|1428}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{circa}} {{death year and age|1480|1428}} | death_place = [[Sighnaq]], [[Kazakh Khanate]] | burial_date = | burial_place = | predecessor = [[Kerei Khan]] | successor = [[Burunduk Khan]] | spouse = Jahan Begum Khanum | issue = [[Kasym Khan|Qasim Khan]] Mahmud Rahim Sultan Janysh Sultan Iranji Sultan Qanabar Sultan Usuk Muhammed Sultan Ithik Sultan Tenish Sultan Juak Sultan Suyimbike Khanum Amanbike Khanum | royal house = [[House of Borjigin]] | dynasty = [[Töre (dynasty)|Töre]] [[Urus Khan|House of Urus Khan]] | father = [[Barak Khan]] | mother = | full name = Abū Saʿīd Janıbek Bahadur Khan bin Barak Sultan ابو سعید جانی بک بهادر خان بن براق سلطان | religion = [[Sunni Islam]] }} '''Abū Saʿīd Janibek Bahadur Khan bin Barak Sultan''' ({{Langx|kk|ابو سعید جانی بک بهادر خان بن براق سلطان, Әбу Саид Жәнібек Баһадүр хан бин Барақ сұлтан}}, {{lang|kk-Latn|Äbu Saïd Jänıbek Bahadür Han bïn Baraq Sultan}}), otherwise known by his shortened regal name '''Janibek Khan''', was a co-founder and the second [[Khan (title)|khan]] of the [[Kazakh Khanate]] from 1473 to 1480.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Danver |first1=Steven L. |title=Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues |date=10 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46399-3 |page=536 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Native_Peoples_of_the_World/Tv4TBwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==Family== He was a son of [[Barak Khan|Barak]], the khan of the [[Golden Horde]] from 1422 to 1427. Barak Khan's father was Koirichak, grandson of [[Urus Khan]], a direct descendant of [[Genghis Khan]]. Genghis Khan is [[Jochi|Jochi Khan]]'s father, [[Jochi|Jochi Khan]]'s son [[Tuqa-Timur]], Tuqa-Timur's son [[Uz-Timur]], Uz-Timur's son [[Khodja]], Khodja's son [[Badakun-Uglan]], Badakun-Uglan's son [[Urus Khan]], Urus Khan's son [[Koirchak-khan]], Koirchak-khan's son [[Barak Khan]], and Barak Khan is Zhanibek/Janibek's father.

From his wife Jahan Begum Khanum, Janibek had nine sons: [[Kasym Khan|Qasim]] (who became his successor), Mahmud, Iranji, Ithik, Janysh, Qanabar, Tenish, Usuk, and Juak. She also bore him two daughters, Suyimbike and Amanbike.

==Reign== Janibek Khan was a co-leader of the new [[Kazakh Khanate]], following a successful rebellion against the [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] khan [[Abu'l-Khayr Khan]] in 1465 and 1466. Janibek's father was Barak Khan, who was poisoned by the emirs of the former [[White Horde]]. He led the splinter group along with [[Kerei]] (or Girei or Kerei), his relative, who was also a descendant of the famous [[Urus Khan]] of the [[White Horde]]. For his wisdom, he was given the title "Az", meaning "the wise" in the [[Kazakh language]], and so was called Az-Janibek. His son, [[Kasym Khan]], codified the laws of his people.

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{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Kerei Khan]] | title = [[Kazakh Khanate|Khan of the Kazakhs]] | years = 1473/4 – {{Circa|1480}}| after = [[Burunduk Khan]]}} {{s-end}}

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