Draft:Battle of Ayagoz River

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Battle of the Ayagoz river
Part of Kazakh-Dzungar Wars
DateSpring 1718
Location
Ayagoz river, Kazakh Khanate
Result Decisive Dzungar victory[1]
Belligerents
Dzungar Khanate Kazakh Khanate
Commanders and leaders

Unknown

  • Border Soldiers

Abulkhair Khan

Kaiyp Khan
Strength
1000-1500 30000 [2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Ayagoz River (Mongolian: Аяагөз голын байлдаан; Kazakh: Аягөз өзеніндегі шайқас) was one of the major battles fought between the Dzungar Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate. Abulkhair Khan invaded the Dzungar Khanate during Dzungar force was sacking and invading Tibet with a huge army of 30000 soldiers, but 1000-1500 Dzungarian border soldiers successfully repelled the attack.[3]

Background[edit]

  In the 90’s of the 17th century war with China forced Galdan Boshugtu to stop aggression against the Kazakhs. But at the beginning of the 18th century Tsewang Rabtan turned his arms against the Kazakhs. In two battles in 1717 (at the Ayagoz River) and in 1718 (at the Bogen, Shayan and Arys rivers) the Kazakh army suffered a crushing defeat. The Kazakh army, led by Khans Kaiyp and Abul Khair, returned ingloriously in their uluses. We do not know what the reason for the failure was. Perhaps, disorganization of the Kazakhs caused by unexpected attack, absence of strong central government and lack of coordination in the actions of the Khans were the main reasons for their defeat.[1]

Battle[edit]

Kazakh militia in the spring of 1718 at the district of the River Ayagoz led by Kaip and Abulkhair Khan were defeated in the Battle of Ayagoz, where 30,000 Kazakhs were attacked by a small Dzungar border detachment numbering only 1,000 men, who tore down trees in the gorge and sat in an improvised trench for three days supporting each other while delaying the Kazakh army. On the last day, the Dzungar force of 1,500 people defeated the Kazakhs, who, despite overwhelming superiority in numbers and in firearms, could not withstand the Dzungar's brutal penetrating strike that involved a mounted horse attack and subsequent hand-to-hand combat which caused them to retreat.

After Math[edit]

The Battle of Ayagoz occupy a special place in the history of the Kazakh-Dzungarian conflict. In the battle, the troops of Kazakh Khanate exhausted the enemy due to the tactical characteristics of the battle and forced him to retreat.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Political relationship between Kazakhs and Dzungars in the 17-18th centuries". e-history.kz. 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani, Unesco, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson (January 2003). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. UNESCO. pp. 97–. ISBN 92-3-102719-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Battle Ayagoz". 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ "History of Kazakhstan in the era of the Khanates". Turkestan Travel. November 2020.
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