Battle of Orbulaq
The Battle of Orbulaq was fought in 1643 between Jahangir sultan Khan and Huntaiji Erdeni Batur, resulting in the defeat of Erdeni Batur's army by the Jalantush Bahadur's Kazakhs, led by Jahangir Sultan (later Jahangir sultan Khan) with the assistance of the Uzbek Emir of Samarkand. The battle, fought during a series of Kazakh-Dzungar Wars, was one of the initial turning points in the liberation war of the Kazakhs against the Dzhungar invasion in the 17th century.
| Battle of Orbulaq | |||||||
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| Part of the Kazakh-Dzungar Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kazakh Khanate Khanate of Bukhara | Dzungar Khanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Salqam Jangir Khan Jalantus Bahadur | Erdeni Batur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 22,600 | 10,000—15,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 1,000—10,000 | ||||||
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