Background
He is a son of Tursun Khan and great grandfather of Alikhan Bukeikhanov.
He is a son of Tursun Khan and great grandfather of Alikhan Bukeikhanov.
He was Sultan of the Middle Juz. lieutenant was revenge for Abulkhair Khan"s pro-Russian policy and the last point was the alleged robbery of a caravan laden with gifts from Barak Sultan to the ruler of the Khanate of Khiva during attacks by Abulkhair Khan against the Karakalpaks, who were also under Barak Sultan"s rule. During that marriage and until the death of Galdan Tseren in 1745 the war and conflicts between Kazakh Khanate and Dzhungaria had been stopped.
As a descendant of Genghis Khan Barak wanted to become the ruler of two Turkic-Mongol states - Dzhungaria and Kazakh Khanate.
The death of Barak Sultan opened opportunities to expand Russian Empire over the Kazakh Steppe.